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137 Division I All-Americans • 9 NCAA Division I Playoff Appearances • 12 MVFC ‘Players of the Year’ Awards • 5 MVFC Titles

INFORMATION - GAME #5 DATE/TIME..... Saturday, September 27 / 6 p.m. LOCATION...... Carbondale, Illinois STADIUM...... Saluki Stadium SURFACE...... Field Turf LIVE STATS...... www.SIUSalukis.com LIVE VIDEO...... www.SIUSalukis.com LIVE AUDIO...... www.WRMSFM.com MOBILE DEVICE...... TuneIn Radio app (WRMS) ALL-TIME SERIES...... WIU leads 34-21-4 LAST MEETING...... SIU 34, @WIU 28 (11/2/13)

RADIO (Leatherneck Sports Network) ANNOUNCERS....Scott Kornberg, Dr. Tom Cody Western Illinois (2-2, 0-0) #16 Southern Illinois (3-1, 0-0) Beardstown: WRMS 94.3 FM (Flagship) Macomb: WJEQ 102.7 FM FIGHTING SALUKIS Galesburg: WAIK 1590 AM Quincy: WPWQ 106.7 FM LEATHERNECKS Clinton, Iowa: KCLN 1390 AM Monroe City, Missouri: KWBZ 107.5 FM

TELEVISION THE GAME: Western Illinois opens Missouri Valley Football Conference play on the road NETWORK...... WIU-TV3 (tape delay) against Southern Illinois... This opener is just the second time in the last six seasons Western ANNOUNCERS...... Drew Hoffman, Josh Dillon opened MVFC play on the road... Both programs are coming off losses at Big Ten opponents.

VIDEO SERIES: Western and Southern meet for the 60th time... WIU owns a 34-21-4 edge in the Fans can watch the game through SIUSalukis. series all-time... Western will look to end a two-game losing streak to the Salukis and in the com website as a pay-per-view. process win in Carbondale for the first time since 2000 (47-17 victory, six losses). MOBILE / TABLET DEVICES Stats available on iPhone and Android phones THE COACHES: WIU head coach Bob Nielson enters his second year with the Leather- by clicking on the stats link at SIUSalukis.com. necks. He owns a 6-10 record at Western and 176-69-1 in his 22nd year as a head coach... The game can be heard by downloading the Southern Illinois head coach Dale Lennon owns a 45-29 record in his seventh year at SIU TuneIn Radio app on iTunes and Google Play, and is 147-62 overall in his 18th year as a head coach. then searching for WRMS radio.

SOCIAL MEDIA Winning percentage Number of opponents In-game tweets are available @WIUAthletics. 1.00for #W1U against FCS played while ranked Fans can use the #WIUvsSIU hashtag. competition this season 7and future opponents (2-0 vs. FCS). currently ranked in the Top 25. 2014 SCHEDULE / NOTES

Date Opponent Time/Result All-Time Notes A28 VALPARAISO W 45-6 WIU leads 2-0 Valpo ends shutout late; Norvell: Career-high 320 pass yds S6 at #18 Wisconsin L 3-37 UW leads 3-0 Davis: Career-high 10 tackles; WIU 9.0 TFL to 4.0 for UW S13 DRAKE W 38-13 WIU leads 7-5 WIU: 7.0 sacks (most since 2002): Spearman: 11 tackles S20 at Northwestern L 7-24 NU leads 1-0 Lenoir: career-highs 11 rec., 115 yds; Raffelson: 10 tackles S27 • at #16/17 Southern Illinois 6:00 WIU leads 34-21-4 WIU lost a close 34-28 decision at home in 2013 O4 • NORTH DAKOTA STATE 3:00 NDSU leads 3-2 1st meeting since 2011; home team never won in series O11 • at Youngstown State 6:00 YSU leads 18-11 2nd straight year WIU travels to Youngstown O18 • ILLINOIS STATE 3:00 WIU leads 50-42-3 WIU’s longest running series all-time O25 • NORTHERN IOWA 1:00 UNI leads 29-13 Western ended the 2013 season at UNI N8 • at South Dakota 4:00 Series tied 2-2 WIU won the last 2 meetings N15 • at South Dakota State 2:00 SDSU leads 7-4 WIU looking to snap 6-game losing streak to Jackrabbits N22 • INDIANA STATE 1:00 WIU leads 22-15 WIU’s lone road win last year was 21-14 decision at ISU WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL NOTES SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

CAREER COACHING RECORD

Western Illinois (6-10 / 2nd year) 2014: 2-2 2013: 4-8 Minnesota-Duluth (100-26 / 10 yrs) 2012: 10-2 Division II Playoffs (0-1) 2011: 11-3 Division II Playoffs (2-1) 2010: 15-0 NATIONAL CHAMPION 2009: 11-2 Division II Playoffs (1-1) 2008: 15-0 NATIONAL CHAMPION 2003: 8-3 2002: 11-1 Division II Playoffs (0-1) 2001: 9-3 2000: 7-4 1999: 3-8 Wisconsin-Eau Claire (22-11 / 3 yrs) 1998: 10-3 Division III Playoffs (2-1) December 2012-Present Head Coach, Western Illinois 1997: 7-3 • Improvement in win/loss from 2012 1996: 5-5 • Coached 6 All-Missouri Valley Football Conference players Wartburg (39-14 / 5 yrs) • 1 Academic All-American and NCAA Postgraduate Scholar (Jimmy Holtschlag) 1995: 9-1 1994: 10-2 Division III Playoffs (1-1) 1999-2012 Head Coach/Director of Athletics, Minnesota-Duluth 1993: 9-2 Division III Playoffs (0-1) • Head football coach from 1999-2003; 2008-2012 1992: 5-5 • Record at UMD: 100-26 in 10 seasons, including 11-4 record in the playoffs 1991: 6-4 • Career coaching record: 170-59-1 in 20 seasons Ripon (9-8-1 / 2 yrs) • 2008 NCAA Division II National Champion (15-0) 1990: 7-2 • 2010 NCAA Division II National Champion (15-0) 1989: 2-6-1 • Six Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Championships • Six NCAA Division II Playoff appearances, streak of 5 straight at end of tenure Career Totals: 176-69-1 22 • 2010 Division II National Coach of the Year • 2008 Division II National Coach of the Year Career NCAA Playoffs Record: 14-7 • Coached Isaac Odim, Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-America Player of the Year • Over past five seasons program has produced two Harlon Hill finalists (Division II National Player of the Year), four Academic All-Americans, two NCAA Postgraduate COACHES AND STAFF Scholars, more than 12 All-Americans, and five Northern Sun Intercollegiate Confer- STEVE CRUTCHLEY.....Assistant Head Coach (RB) ence ‘Player of the Year’ awards. @CoachCrutchley...... On Field

1996-1998 Head Coach, Wisconsin-Eau Claire A.J. BLAZEK...... Run Game Coordinator (OL) • Record in three years: 22-11 @CoachBlaz...... On Field • Produced six All-Americans, 22 All-Conference picks, and 50 Academic All-Confer- ence honorees TED SCHLAFKE...... Passing Game Coordinator (QB) • 1998 NCAA Division III Coach of the Year @CoachSchlafke...... Pressbox • Team won 1998 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title (first in 15 years) BRIAN WARD...... Defensive Coordinator • NCAA Division III Playoff appearance in 1998 @BWardDCoord...... Pressbox

1991-1995 Head Coach/Director of Athletics, Wartburg College TYLER YELK..... Special Teams Coordinator (DB) • Record in five years: 39-14 @TylerYelk...... On Field • Program made consecutive NCAA Division III Playoff appearances (1993, 1994) • 1993 Iowa Intercollegiate Conference Coach of the Year award BRIAN MOHNSEN...... Defensive Line • 1993 team won the Iowa Intercollegiate Conference title @CoachMooseWIU...... On Field • Program produced nine All-Americans, 34 All-Conference picks, four Academic All- ATIBA BRADLEY...... Linebackers Americans, and two NCAA Postgraduate Scholars @CoachBradleyWIU...... On Field

1989-1990 Head Coach, Ripon College MARK WATSON...... Wide Receivers • Record in two years: 9-8-1 @CoachMarkWatson...... Pressbox • 1990 team went 7-2, first winning season in eight years ANDREW PREVOST...... Tight Ends EDUCATION @CoachPrevost...... Pressbox 1982 - Bachelors Degree from Wartburg College (graduated with 4.0 GPA) JASON ENOS...... Defensive Line Assistant 1988 - Masters Degree from University of Northern Iowa ...... Pressbox

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WESTERN...... STATS...... SIU SCOUTING THE SALUKIS: Southern Illinois 2-2...... Overall Record...... 3-1 enters the game nationally-ranked at 3-1, 23.2...... Scoring Average...... 36.5 with the only defeat at Purdue... Southern 82...... First Downs...... 88 ranks fourth nationally averaging 58 percent 388.5...... Total Offense...... 430.0 157.2...... Rushing Yards...... 188.0 success on third down... The team is 19th in 231.2...... Passing Yards...... 242.0 passing completion percentage (.646), 20th 16.7...... Kickoff Returns...... 23.1 in first downs (88), sixth in fumble recoveries 12.5...... Punt Returns...... 18.3 (6) and fifth in punt return defense (0.0 33.8...... Net Punting...... 34.2 ypr)... SIU also ranks sixth in the country 27:02...... Time of Possession...... 30:48 averaging a MVFC-leading 3.75 sacks 17/49 (35%)..... 3rd Down Conversions.....29/50 (48%) per game... Malcolm Agnew is 19th in the 4/9 (44%)...... 4th Down Conversion...... 1/3 (33%) country but only third in the league rushing -4...... Turnover Margin...... +1 20.0...... Points Allowed...... 19.8 for 161.3 yards per game. His 12.0 point per 331.8...... Total Yards Allowed...... 332.5 game average leads the league and ranks 124.0...... Rushing Yards Allowed...... 134.0 third nationally... Mark Iannotti stands 20th 207.8...... Passing Yards Allowed...... 198.5 nationally completing 64.7 percent of his passes. His 10 TD passes are the second- highest total in the country, and his 17 points 2014 SCHEDULE @SIUSalukis responsible for per game ranks him 13th... A28 Taylor W 45-0 MyCole Pruitt leads the MVFC with three S6 at Eastern Illinois W 38-21 touchdown receptions, 12th in the country. S13 Southeast Missouri W 50-23 S20 at Purdue L 13-35 S27 Western Illinois 6 pm LAST MEETING: Nov. 2, 2013 O4 South Dakota 6 pm Location: Macomb, Illinois; Stadium: Hanson Field O11 at North Dakota State 1 pm SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 14 6 7 7 - 34 O18 at Youngstown State 3 pm WESTERN ILLINOIS 7 0 14 7 - 28 O25 Indiana State 6 pm (Attendance: 3,624; Temp. 50, breezy) N8 at Missouri State 2 pm N15 Northern Iowa 2 pm Qu Time Play Score N22 at Illinois State 1 pm 1 09:21 Pruitt 12 pass from West (Kinney kick) 7-0 1 06:30 Agnew 6 pass from West (Kinney kick) 14-0 1 03:01 Lenoir 9 pass from Norvell (Knuffman kick) 14-7 ALL-TIME SERIES 2 13:10 Kinney 28 FG 17-7 2 00:56 Kinney 52 FG 20-7 WIU leads 34-21-4 3 13:52 Baker 63 run (Knuffman kick) 20-14 3 04:57 Presume 85 blocked FG return (Kinney kick) 27-14 At HOME: 18-11-4 3 00:06 Baker 1 run (Knuffman kick) 27-21 On ROAD: 16-10 4 14:27 Agnew 8 run (Kinney kick) 34-21 4 00:30 Lenoir 3 pass from Norvell (Knuffman kick) 34-28 LAST 10 MEETINGS DATE RESULT SCORE H/A Oct. 30, 2004* L 13-66 A STATISTICS SIU WESTERN Oct. 8, 2005* L 24-34 H First Downs 16 29 Oct. 7, 2006* L 24-31 A Rushing Attempts 35 38 Nov. 3, 2007* L 9-10 H Rushing Yards 131 184 Nov. 8, 2008* L 14-44 A Attempts-Completions-Int. 30-16-1 50-25-1 Oct. 3, 2009* L 10-30 H Passing Yards 147 277 Nov. 13, 2010* L 10-20 A TOTAL OFFENSE 278 460 Oct. 1, 2011* W 27-21 H Punts-Average 6-43.8 6-22.7 Nov. 17, 2012* L 0-35 A Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 Nov. 2, 2013* L 28-34 H Penalties-Yards 8-90 7-57 Sacks By-Yards 2-16 1-3 Most Points Scored vs. Southern Illinois: 3rd Down Conversions 7-15 7-17 68 (11/16/1999) 4th Down Conversions 0-0 1-2 Fewest Points Scored vs. Southern Illinois: Time of Possession 31:01 28:59 0 on four occasions (last 2012) RUSHING: SIU - M.Agnew 20-107, TD; Malcome 6-15; West 3-9; Willis 4-3; TM 1-(-)1; Lamprakes Fewest Points Allowed vs. Southern Illinois: 1-(-)2. WESTERN - Baker 25-163, 2TD; Watson 6-18; Hammonds 2-11; Norvell 5-(-)9. 0 on four occasions (last 11/12/1949) PASSING: SIU - West 30-16-1, 147, 2TD. WESTERN - Norvell 50-25-1, 277, 2TD. RECEIVING: SIU - Lantz 4-39; Pruitt 3-32, TD; Fuehne 2-31; M.Agnew 2-21; Willis 2-10; Most Points Allowed vs. Southern Illinois: Sullivan 1-7; R.Agnew 1-6, TD; McKinney 1-1. WESTERN - Borsellino 10-110; Lenoir 4-62, 66 (10/30/2004) 2TD; Salomon 4-52; Scott 4-31; Baker 3-22. TACKLES: SIU - Presume 11; Cameron 7. WESTERN - Venegoni 8; Kintzel 8; McDaniel 7; Durley, Jr. 7.

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MVFC STANDINGS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 @Northwestern 24, Western Illinois 7 RECORD BREAKDOWN As of Sept. 20 MVFC Overall @Purdue 35, Southern Illinois 13 2014.... Nielson W L W L @South Dakota 28, Northern Arizona 21 Home...... 2-0...... 5-3 North Dakota State 0 0 4 0 @North Dakota State 22, Montana 10 Away...... 0-2...... 1-7 Illinois State 0 0 2 0 @Northern Iowa 46, Northern Colorado 7 Southern Illinois 0 0 3 1 Missouri State 33, @Central Arkansas 31 MVFC...... 0-0...... 2-6 @South Dakota State 41, Wisc-Oshkosh 3 Non-Conference FCS...... 2-0...... 3-0 Missouri State 0 0 2 1 vs. FBS teams...... 0-2...... 0-4 South Dakota State 0 0 2 1 @Youngstown State 52, St. Francis 23 Youngstown State 0 0 2 1 Day ...... 1-2...... 4-8 Indiana State 0 0 2 1 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 Night...... 1-0...... 2-2 Western Illinois 0 0 2 2 Liberty at Indiana State, 2 pm South Dakota 0 0 2 2 Tennessee Tech at Northern Iowa, 4 pm vs. Top 25 FCS...... 0-0...... 0-2 Northern Iowa 0 0 1 2 Western Illinois at Southern Illinois, 6 pm vs. Unranked Division I FCS...... 2-0...... 5-4 Austin Peay at Illinois State, 6:30 pm Scoring First...... 2-0...... 6-2 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4 Opponent Scores First...... 0-2...... 0-8 South Dakota State at Illinois State, 2 pm Scoring 20-Plus Points...... 2-0...... 6-2 1985-2014 Northern Iowa at Indiana State, 2 pm North Dakota State at Western Illinois, 3 pm Opponents Scoring 20-Under...... 2-0...... 6-0 Youngstown State at Missouri State, 2 pm South Dakota at Southern Illinois, 6 pm Games decided 3 points or less..0-0...... 0-0 Games decided 8 points or less..0-0...... 1-1

Leading after 1st Quarter...... 2-0...... 5-1 Trailing after 1st Quarter...... 0-1...... 0-7 Tied after 1st Quarter...... 0-1...... 1-2

TRACKING THE OPPONENTS SCHEDULE Leading at Halftime...... 2-0...... 6-0 Trailing at Halfitme...... 0-2...... 0-10 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 Tennessee Tech at Northern Iowa Tied at Halftime...... 0-0...... 0-0 Valparaiso at Campbell South Dakota - Bye South Florida at Wisconsin South Dakota State - Bye Leading after 3rd Quarter...... 2-0...... 6-0 Drake - Bye Liberty at Indiana State Trailing after 3rd Quarter...... 0-2...... 0-8 Northwestern at Penn State Tied after 3rd Quarter...... 0-0...... 0-2 North Dakota State - Bye Overtime...... 0-0...... 0-0 Youngstown State - Bye Austin Peay at Illinois State Having a 100-yard rusher...... 2-0...... 6-4 Allowing a 100-yard rusher...... 0-0...... 0-4

SPORTS NETWORK FCS COACHES Having a 100-yard receiver...... 0-1...... 0-4 September 22, 2014 September 22, 2014 Allowing a 100-yard receiver...... 0-1...... 0-2 Team Record Pts Team Record Pts 1. North Dakota St. (150) 4-0 3,966 1. North Dakota St. (26) 4-0 650 Having a 300-yard passer...... 1-0...... 1-0 2. Eastern Washington (6) 3-1 3,819 2. Eastern Washington 3-1 623 Allowing a 300-yard passer...... 0-0...... 0-0 3. Coastal Carolina 4-0 3,405 3. Coastal Carolina 4-0 578 300-plus yards total offense...... 2-1...... 5-6 4. New Hampshire 2-1 3,292 4. McNeese State 1-1 545 Allowing 300-plus yds offense.....1-1...... 1-6 5. McNeese State 1-1 3,207 5. Villanova 2-1 526 6. Villanova 2-1 3,180 6. Montana 2-2 505 400-plus yards total offense...... 2-0...... 3-1 7. Montana 2-2 3,008 7. New Hampshire 2-1 494 Allowing 400-plus yds offense.....0-1...... 0-3 8. Jacksonville State 2-1 2,825 8. Jacksonville State 2-1 492 9. South Dakota State 3-1 2,710 9. South Dakota State 3-1 449 Committing fewer turnovers...... 1-0...... 5-2 10. Northern Iowa 1-2 2,350 10. Northern Iowa 1-2 408 Committing more turnovers...... 1-2...... 1-6 Turnovers are equal...... 0-0...... 0-2 11. Southeastern Louisiana 2-2 2,323 11. Southeastern Louisiana 2-2 368 Not committing a turnover...... 1-0...... 3-1 12. William & Mary 3-1 2,008 12. Youngstown State 3-1 303 13. Montana State 2-2 1,739 13. William & Mary 3-1 301 August...... 1-0...... 2-0 14. Chattanooga 1-2 1,619 14. Bethune-Cookman 2-1 273 September...... 1-2...... 3-4 15. Bethune-Cookman 2-1 1,539 15. Chattanooga 1-2 271 October...... 0-0...... 0-4 16. Fordham 3-1 1,502 16. Southern Illinois 3-1 269 November...... 0-0...... 1-2 17. Southern Illinois 3-1 1,500 17. Montana State 2-2 241 18. Youngstown State 3-1 1,383 18. Eastern Kentucky 4-0 210 Winning Coin Toss...... 1-2...... 3-7 Losing Coin Toss...... 1-0...... 3-3 19. Eastern Kentucky 4-0 1,186 19. Fordham 3-1 188 20. Richmond 2-2 1,124 20. Tennessee State 3-1 154 21. Tennessee State 3-1 906 21. Richmond 2-2 141 22. Liberty 3-1 739 22. Illinois State 2-0 101 23. Illinois State 2-0 291 23. Liberty 3-1 80 24. Albany 3-0 269 24. Missouri State 3-1 65 25. Delaware 2-1 181 25. Charleston Southern 4-0 39

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WESTERN QUICK FACTS WHAT IS A FIGHTING LEATHERNECK?: Western Illinois holds Founded...... 1899 the distinction of being the only non-military institution to officially Enrollment...... 11,707 have its nickname derived from a branch of the military service. Nickname...... Fighting Leathernecks School Colors...... Purple and Gold The school began use of the Marine Corps’ official nickname, Affiliation...... NCAA Division I FCS “The Fighting Leathernecks,” in 1927 when then-athletic director Conference...... Missouri Valley Football and head baseball, basketball and football coach Ray “Rock” Stadium...... Hanson Field (Matrix Turf) Hanson was granted permission by the U.S. Navy, based on his Capacity...... 16,368 University President...... Dr. Jack Thomas status as a Marine hero, to use the Marine’s official seal, bulldog Vice President for Student Services..Dr. Gary Biller mascot and nickname. He still remains third all-time at Western in Director of Athletics...... Tommy Bell victories with 56 in 16 years as head coach (56-60-12) from 1926- Faculty Athletics Representative...Dr. Tom Cody 41. He posted a winning record six years and a .500 mark during Deputy Director of Athletics...... Matt Tanney Associate Athletic Director...... Lisa Melz-Jennings another season. The 1939 team went 5-1-1 and won the Little 19 Conference championship. Assistant Athletic Directors...... Julie Gibbes, Michael Jones, Kelsey Laverdiere NFL PIPELINE: Western Illinois continues its tradition as one of the top NCAA FCS programs ...... Patrick Osterman, Nancy Sprout with a pipeline to the NFL... Players and coaches from Leatherneck history have won 17 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Super Bowl Championships. Director/Football SID...... Patrick Osterman • Mike Wagner won four Super Bowls with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Steel Curtain era. Osterman Cell Phone...... (309) 255-5642 • Rodney Harrison won a pair of Super Bowls with the New England Patriots in three appear- Osterman’s E-Mail...... [email protected] Media Services Phone...... (309) 298-1133 ances all-time. He now works in-studio at NBC Sports during Sunday Night Football Night. Assistant Director...... Kyle Bradt From 1957-59, former WIU head coach Lou Saban had on his staff Joe Collier and Graduate Assistants...... Sam Boender, standout WIU player Robert ‘Red’ Miller...... Matt Fischer, Dan Wallace • Saban was the inaugural coach for the Boston Patriots, then later the Buf- HISTORY falo Bills. He was the 1964 AFL ‘Coach of the Year’. Saban spent four years as First Year...... 1903* (110th year of football) coach of the Denver Broncos and would later come back and coach the Bills. All-Time Record...... 520-452-36 (.534) • Miller, a three-time MVP for the Leathernecks, would later coach the Denver Broncos in the 1977 Super Bowl and three consecutive playoff appearances. MVFC TELECONFERENCE • Collier joined Saban in Boston and was promoted to the Buffalo Bills head coach in 1966. He took the Bills to the AFL Championship game that season. He later worked as an assistant A weekly teleconference featuring the league’s with the Denver Broncos, hired first by Saban then later Miller as defensive coordinator. head coaches will be held each Tuesday at He coached in three Super Bowls with the Broncos. Collier was the mastermind behind the 10 a.m. (Central). Members of the media may call Mike Kern at the MVFC office to get the Broncos defense known at the time as the ‘Orange Crush Defense’. phone number. Each call is recorded and will be • Former All-American John Teerlinck won two Super Bowls with the Denver Broncos as an replayed at Valley-Football.org. assistant coach and another Super Bowl with the Indianapolis Colts as an assistant coach. • WIU All-American Bryan Cox enters his ninth year in the NFL as an assistant coach. He Missouri Valley Football Notes/News..... 10 a.m. is the defensive line coach for the Atlanta Falcons. Eric Wolford, Youngstown State...... 10 a.m. Mark Farley, Northern Iowa...... 10:06 a.m. • San Diego Chargers punter Mike Scifres begins his 12th year as the team’s punter. One Mike Sanford, Indiana State...... 10:12 a.m. of the top players in the NFL, Scifres has a net punt average of 39 yards or better in six of Brock Spack, Illinois State...... 10:18 a.m. the last seven years. BOB NIELSON, WESTERN...... 10:24 a.m. • Carolina Panthers linebacker Jason Wil- Dale Lennon, Southern Illinois...... 10:30 a.m. liams begins his seventh year in the NFL Joe Glenn, South Dakota...... 10:36 a.m. NFL PRO BOWL John Stiegelmeier, SDSU...... 10:42 a.m. and fifth with the Panthers. He played in 11 Bryan Cox - Miami Dolphins...... 1993, 1995, 1996 Chris Klieman, North Dakota State... 10:48 a.m. games last season. Rodney Harrison - San Diego Chargers...... 1999, 2002 Frank Winters - Green Bay Packers...... 1997 Terry Allen, Missouri State...... 10:54 a.m. Mike Wagner - Pittsburgh Steelers...... 1975, 1976 WESTERN ILLINOIS COACH NIELSON IN THE MEDIA has won 17 Super SUPER BOWL CHAMPS DENVER BRONCOS MONDAY: Bob Nielson appears in studio at Bowl Championships Cyron Brown (1-0)...... 1998-2000 7 a.m. at Prestige Communications radio. His interview with Kipp Jones will air on 100.1 FM, 102.7 FM and 104.1 FM. (players/coaches) GREEN BAY PACKERS Every Monday at 12 noon, Nielson will speak at Frank Winters (1-1)...... 1992-2002 the Downtown Athletic Club luncheon at Sports Don Beebe (1-1)...... 1996-97 Corner @ 124. THURSDAY: Coach Nielson will be on the air live NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS with Josh Houchins on WGEM SportsCenter AM Bryan Cox (1-0)...... 2001 1440 around 7:50 a.m. The WGEM SportsCenter Rodney Harrison (2-1)...... 2003-08 app is available for download on iTunes and Google Play. During the 6 p.m. newscast on WGEM-TV NEW YORK GIANTS Rich Seubert (1-0)...... 2001-10 (Quincy), Bob Nielson and select players will be featured “On the Sidelines” with sports director Ben Marth. Fans can also see the interview online PITTSBURGH STEELERS at www.WGEM.com. Mike Wagner (4-0)...... 1971-80

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LEATHERNECKS IN THE STATS: A look at how returning Western Illinois TOP STATISTICAL LEADERS players ranked in the MVFC and nationally... TEAM RUSHING CATEGORY...... MVFC...... AVG...... NATIONAL WESTERN GP Att Net APC TD Long Avg 3rd Down Conversions...... 8th...... 34.7...... 70th J.C. Baker 4 79 410 5.2 1 28 102.5 Opponent 3rd Down Conversions..... 5th...... 32.3...... 29th Kyle Hammonds 4 26 120 4.6 1 15 30.0 4th Down Conversions...... 6th...... 44.4...... 68th Opponent 4th Down Conversions...... 9th...... 53.8...... 79th ...... 6th...... 62.5...... 58th SIU GP Att Net APC TD Long Avg Fewest Penalty Yards First Downs Offense...... 6th...... 82...... 30th Malcolm Agnew 4 67 481 7.2 6 65 120.2 First Downs Defense...... 9th...... 80...... 81st Mika’il McCall 4 28 175 6.2 1 18 43.8 Kickoff Returns...... 9th...... 16.7...... 101st Net Punting...... 7th...... 33.8...... 78th PASSING Passing Offense...... 5th...... 231.3...... 41st WESTERN GP Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Avg Passing Defense...... 8th...... 207.8...... 61st Trenton Norvell 4 138.75 77-120-4 .642 925 6 231.2 Punt Returns...... 2nd...... 12.5...... 32nd Redzone Offense...... 6th...... 84.6...... 45th Redzone Defense...... 5th...... 64.7...... 18th SIU GP Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Avg Rushing Offense...... 8th...... 157.3...... 63rd Mark Iannotti 4 150.4 75-116-4 .647 887 10 221.8 Rushing Defense...... 3rd...... 124.0...... 27th Scoring Offense...... 10th...... 23.3...... 76th RECEIVING Scoring Defense...... 5th...... 20.0...... 27th Team Pass Sacks...... 6th...... 2.25...... 37th WESTERN GP Rec Yds APC TD Long Team Passing Efficiency...... 8th...... 137.60...... 33rd Lance Lenoir 4 23 250 10.9 0 33 Team Passing Efficiency Defense ..... 5th...... 118.52...... 42nd Hi-C Scott 4 19 204 10.7 2 38 Team Tackles for a Loss...... 3rd...... 7.3...... 35th Quadarias Mireles 4 7 140 20.0 1 71 Time of Possession...... 10th...... 27:02...... 105th Joey Borsellino 4 7 94 13.4 1 33 Total Offense...... 8th...... 388.5...... 53rd J.C. Baker 4 7 78 11.1 1 40 Total Defense...... 5th...... 348.0...... 31st Turnover Margin...... 9th...... -1.0...... 96th Turnovers Gained...... 7th...... 5...... 57th SIU GP Rec Yds APC TD Long Turnovers Lost...... 10th...... 9...... 99th MyCole Pruitt 4 26 306 11.8 3 46 Tay Willis 4 12 169 14.1 1 60 INDIVIDUAL LaSteven McKinney 4 12 121 10.1 2 42 CATEGORY...... MVFC (Top 10)...... AVG...... NATIONAL ALL-PURPOSE J.C. Baker...... 9th...... 122.0...... 63rd KICKOFF RETURNS COMPLETION PERCENTAGE WESTERN No. Yards Avg TD Long Trenton Norvell...... 4th...... 64.2...... 22nd Lance Lenoir 6 87 14.5 0 21 PASS COMPLETIONS Trenton Norvell...... 2nd...... 19.3...... 26th SIU No. Yards Avg TD Long FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE Tay Willis 8 218 27.2 0 60 Nathan Knuffman...... 7th...... 750...... 31st FIELD GOALS PER GAME Nathan Knuffman...... 9th...... 0.75...... 56th PUNT RETURNS FUMBLES RECOVERED WESTERN No. Yards Avg TD Long Jean-Marc Charles...... T-1st...... 1...... T-18th Hi-C Scott 9 86 9.6 0 27 Kevin Kintzel...... T-1st...... 1...... T-18th Mick Nelson...... T-1st...... 1...... T-18th SIU No. Yards Avg TD Long PASSES DEFENDED Martinez Davis...... 6th...... 1.0...... T-64th LaSteven McKinney 8 149 18.6 0 62 Aaron Diggs...... 6th...... 1.0...... T-64th PASSING KICKING Trenton Norvell...... 3rd...... 231.3...... 26th WESTERN GP FGM- FGA Pct. Long PAT PASSING EFFICIENCY Nathan Knuffman 4 3- 4 .750 29 12-12 Trenton Norvell...... 7th...... 138.8...... 29th PASSING TOUCHDOWNS Trenton Norvell...... 3rd...... 6...... 22nd SIU GP FGM- FGA Pct. Long PAT POINTS RESPONSIBLE FOR Thomas Kinney 4 4- 7 .571 50 18-18 Trenton Norvell...... 10.5...... 72nd PUNTING PUNTING Nathan Knuffman...... 5th...... 38.9...... 58th WESTERN No. Yards Avg Long I20 50+ PUNT RETURN TOUCHDOWNS Nathan Knuffman 16 622 38.9 58 3 1 Brad Blumenshine...... T-1st...... 1...... T-1st PUNT RETURNS Hi-C Scott...... 4th...... 9.6...... 29th SIU No. Yards Avg Long I20 50+ RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS Nick Neidig 10 382 38.2 51 4 1 Hi-C Scott...... 8th...... 2...... 43rd RECEIVING YARDS PER GAME TACKLES Lance Lenoir...... 8th...... 62.5...... 71st RECEPTIONS PER GAME WESTERN GP ST AT Total TFL S INT Lance Lenoir, Jr...... 2nd...... 5.8...... 31st Luke Venegoni 4 15 18 33 3.0 0.5 --- Hi-C Scott...... 5th...... 4.8...... 66th J.J. Raffelson 4 12 17 29 1.5 -- -- RUSHING Jonathon Rollins 3 17 8 25 1.5 -- -- J.C. Baker...... 6th...... 102.5...... 28th David McDaniel 4 12 12 24 0.5 -- 1 SACKS Martinez Davis 4 14 8 22 1.0 -- -- Eddy Holtschlag...... 8th...... 0.63...... 88th SOLO TACKLES Jonathon Rollins...... 4th...... 5.7...... 42nd SIU GP ST AT Total TFL S INT TOTAL OFFENSE Chase Allen 4 18 12 30 4.0 1.0 -- Trenton Norvell...... 5th...... 232.3...... 40th Tyler Williamson 4 19 9 28 3.0 3.0 -- TACKLES D.J. Cameron 4 15 12 27 -- -- 1 Jonathon Rollins...... 2nd...... 8.3...... 86th Jordan Poole 4 10 13 23 1.0 1.0 -- Kevin Kintzel...... 3rd...... 8.3...... 90th J.J. Raffelson...... 14th...... 7.3 6 WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL NOTES SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

ALL-TIME AT HANSON FIELD: On September 23, 1950, Hanson CAREER STARTS Field was dedicated and became the home of Leatherneck Foot- OFFENSE ‘14 13 12 11 10 Total Streak ball... Now in the 64th year, Western has compiled a 228-113-7 re- Brandon De La Cruz, OL 4 11 8 rs -- 23 11 cord at home. In 49 of those years Western finished at least .500 at Trenton Norvell, QB 4 12 ------16 16 home, including a perfect 6-0 record at home in 2010. Lance Lenoir, Jr., WR 4 12 ------16 16 Ryan Ricketts, OL 4 11 0 rs -- 15 8 Hi-C Scott, WR 4 8 ------12 7 HANSON FIELD TOUGH ON NON-CONFERENCE TEAMS: Play- Taylor Hill, TE 2 10 0 rs -- 12 0 ing at Hanson Field has been a tough task for non-conference Sam Kachanuk, OL 0 9 0 3 rs 12 0 teams in recent years... The Leathernecks are 31-4 against non- J.C. Baker, RB 4 6 ------10 10 MVFC teams since 1999, including a current nine-game win streak Joey Borsellino, WR 4 4 ------8 4 Sean Sullivan, OG 4 4 0 rs -- 8 4 following a 2-0 mark in both 2013 and 2014. Tyler Bode, OT 4 ------4 4 Matt Zobrist, OT 4 0 rs -- -- 4 4 NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE: The Leathernecks faced four Quadarias Mireles, WR 1 ------1 1 teams from two conferences during the non-conference slate - Val- J’Vaughn Williams, WR 1 0 rs -- -- 1 0 paraiso/Drake from the Pioneer League, and Wisconsin/Northwestern Larry Harris, TE 0 1 0 rs -- 1 0 from the Big Ten... Western improved to 8-0 versus the Pioneer, with DEFENSE ‘14 13 12 11 10 Total Streak more than half of those wins coming since 2010... The Leathernecks Martinez Davis, DB 4 12 9 5 -- 30 24 dropped to 0-8 all-time versus the Big Ten. Jonathon Rollins, DB 3 12 11 1 -- 27 3 David McDaniel, DB 4 12 9 0 rs 25 22 SEASON-OPENING SUCCESS AGAINST FCS: The Leather- Gino Durley, Jr., DL 4 8 11 0 rs 23 11 J.J. Raffelson, LB 4 6 11 rs -- 21 4 necks have had great success in season-opening games against Kevin Kintzel, LB 3 12 4 0 -- 19 3 Football Championship Subdivision opponents... Western’s 45-6 Chip Holtschlag, DE 0 12 0 0 -- 12 0 victory over Valparaiso marked the 10th win in the last 11 opportu- Luke Venegoni, LB 4 5 1 0 -- 10 8 nities (only loss 20-6 at Sam Houston State in 2011). Gavin Ricketts, DL 4 1 0 -- -- 5 4 2014: 45-6 vs. Valparaiso Eddy Holtschlag, DE 4 0 0 rs -- 4 4 Kris Harley, DL 4 ------4 4 2013: 42-9 vs. Hampton Dallas Nichols, DB 1 2 ------3 0 2012: 23-15 vs. Butler Myles Spearman, DB 2 rs ------2 2 2010: 45-0 vs. Valparaiso Richard Chungong, DB 2 0 ------2 0 2009: 35-28 at Sam Houston State Demetrius Allen, LB 1 rs ------1 0 2007: 29-26 (4OT) win vs. #20 South Dakota State SPECIAL TEAMS ‘14 13 12 11 10 Total Streak 2006: 31-6 vs. Morehead State Nathan Knuffman, P/K 4 12 rs -- -- 16 16 2002: 64-7 vs. Drake 2001: 17-13 vs. #3 Western Kentucky CAREER OVERTIME GAMES 1997: 41-0 vs. #6 Eastern Illinois Since 2000 the Leathernecks have defeated Division II Wayne Nov. 30, 1991....^at Marshall...... L 17-20 State (35-3 in 2003) and lost to Football Bowl Subdivision teams Sept. 24, 1994...*at Missouri State (2OT)...... W 31-24 Missouri (50-20 in 2000), Nebraska (56-17 in 2004), Toledo (62-14 Oct. 11, 1997.....*Northern Iowa (2OT)...... W 29-22 in 2005) and Arkansas (28-24 in 2008). Oct. 23, 1999.....*at Indiana State (3OT)...... L 36-39 Nov. 29, 2003....^at Montana (2OT)...... W 43-40 ATTENDANCE TOP FIVE: Playing in front of 77,125 fans at Camp Aug. 30, 2007....South Dakota State (4OT)...... W 29-26 Randall Stadium marked the fourth-largest crowd Western has Nov. 15, 2008....*Illinois State...... W 48-45 played in front of in program history… Western’s 2006 meeting at ^I-AA playoff game; Wisconsin stands number two all-time, which is the last time WIU *Missouri Valley Football Conference game played in front of that many fans. Attend....Opponent...... Date #WhatsItLike 1. 87,164....at LSU...... 9/13/03 2. 80,845....at Wisconsin...... 9/9/06 Throughout fall camp, the Athletic Communications Depart- 3. 77,471....at Nebraska...... 9/4/04 ment utilized its GoPro camera and show the fans “What’s It Like” 4. 77,125....at Wisconsin...... 9/6/14 with the help of the Leatherneck Football players and coaches. 5. 70,537....at Arkansas...... 8/30/08 The videos can be found on YouTube via the WIU Athletics 6. 63,420....at Missouri...... 9/17/11 channel. The features included: 7. 55,783....at Iowa State...... 9/15/12 • What’s it like running pass routes and catching passes from the 8. 53,224....at Missouri...... 9/2/00 quarterbacks. 9. 48,301....at Illinois...... 9/8/07 • What’s it like as a running back going up against the linebackers. 10. 47,301....at Purdue...... 9/11/10 • What’s it like catching punts with punt coverage in your face. • What’s it like trying to get past the offensive line and sack the DAVIS NAMED PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN: Senior defensive quarterback. back Martinez Davis picked up a preseason honor, being named • What’s it like trying to catch a pass against the nationally-ranked The Sports Network Third Team All-American. It’s the first time since secondary. 2010 that a Leatherneck received a preseason national accolade... Davis leads all Leathernecks with eight career interceptions and holds the all-time record with three INT returns for a touchdown. YouTube.com/WIUAthletics He’s also tied for the WIU season record with two returns for a score (2012 season).

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SEVENTEEN STARTERS, 36 LETTERWINNERS RETURN: Second year head coach 100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES Bob Nielson returns 36 letterwinners and 17 starters for the 2014 campaign... Eight start- WESTERN ILLINOIS: ers are back on both sides of the ball in addition to punter/placekicker Nathan Knuffman... Lance Lenoir, Jr. (115/NU) Save for quarterback, every position group returns at least two starters.

OPPONENTS: WIU PLAYS 26 FIRST-TIMERS: Twenty-six Leathernecks in the Valpo game took the Alex Erickson (WIS/122) field for the first time in a WIU uniform. Of those 26, 13 were freshmen (including four true-freshmen)... The true-freshmen were defensive backs Aaron Diggs (4 tackles), and David Griffith (5 tackles), kicker Luke Otto (63 yd avg on 5 kickoffs) and long snapper Gabe Burkhardt.

100-YARD RUSHING GAMES ANOTHER LEATHERNECK MAKES DEBUT: True-freshman Jaelon Acklin made his debut at wide receiver during the Northwestern game... After entering the game he came WESTERN ILLINOIS: up with a 4-yard reception... Acklin is the fifth true-freshman to play this season. J.C. Baker (137/VU); (130/DU) TWO NAMED PRESEASON ALL-MVFC, WIU PICKED NINTH: In a vote by the Missouri OPPONENTS: Valley Football Conference coaches, media and sports information directors, two Leath- None ernecks earned Preseason All-MVFC honors. Martinez Davis (Sr/DB) was voted to the preseason squad while Kevin Kintzel (Sr/LB) was chosen Honorable Mention... Davis earned Second Team All-MVFC honors last year while Kintzel was Honorable Mention... Western was picked to finish ninth in the preseason poll.

TRIO SELECTED TO CFPA WATCH LIST: Three Leathernecks earned a spot on the preseason College Football Performance Awards watch list at their respective position... 200-YARD PASSING GAMES Kevin Kintzel was selected at linebacker. The senior, a six-time weekly CFPA Honorable Mention pick, was the 2013 recipient of the CFPA Linebacker award... Defensive back WESTERN ILLINOIS: preseason All-American was named by the CFPA, as was at Trenton Norvell (320/VU); (205/DU); (292/ Martinez Davis J.C. Baker NU) running back. Western Illinois held First Team Preseason All- OPPONENTS: DEFENSE HOLDS GORDON IN CHECK: Tanner McEvoy (WIS/283) American running back, and Walter Camp Award watch list member, Melvin Gordon to one of his lowest rushing games in his Wisconsin career… Gordon, who had ran for 140 yards against nationally ranked LSU, was limited to 38 yards on 17 carries, a 2.2 yard-per-carry average… It’s the second-lowest average in his career (with a minimum two attempts in a SPECIAL TEAMS TACKLES game)... To further show how good of a job Western did in containing Gordon, in his next game versus Bowling Green, Gordon tied a program record with five rushing touchdowns No. Name...... Tackles and totaled 253 rushing yards on 13 attempts (19.5 ypc). 23 Josh Smith...... 4 38 David Griffith...... 4 8 Luis Sharpe ...... 3 SACK THE DRAKE QUARTERBACK: Western registered 7.0 sacks against Drake (9.0 29 Aaron Diggs...... 2 TFL overall). Those seven sacks were the highest single-game total since getting seven 4 Jonathon Rollins...... 1 versus Youngstown State in October 2002. 27 Brad Blumenshine...... 1 21 Devon Sanders...... 1 LEATHERNECKS IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS: Western ranks among the ‘Top 25’ 20 Dwayne Phillips...... 1 nationally in several categories... The offense is 23rd in completion percentage (.636), 6th 42 Myles Spearman...... 1 in TFL allowed (3.50), and 30th in first down offense (82)... The defense is 29th in third 46 Luke Venegoni...... 1 down percentage defense (.323), 27th in rushing defense (124.0), 27th in scoring defense 3 Richard Chungong...... 1 (20.0 ppg), and 18th in redzone defense (.647)... On special teams, Western stands 30th Single-Game High: 3 - Smith (DU); Griffith in kick return defense (16.47 yards allowed)... Trenton Norvell stands 22nd nationally in (DU) completion percentage (.642), 29th in passing efficiency (138.8), 22nd in passing touch- downs (6), and passing yards per game (231.3)... Brad Blumenshine is one of 24 players Blocks: Team (ExP/VU); McDaniel (Punt/ nationally with a punt return for a touchdown... Hi-C Scott ranks 29th in punt returns (9.6)... DU) Jean-Marc Charles, Kevin Kintzel and Mick Nelson are tied for 18th nationally with a fumble recovery.

CONSISTENT ON THE TAKEAWAYS: Under third-year defensive coordinator Brian Ward, Western has recorded at least one takeaway in 25 of the 27 games, and multiple takeaways 14 times... The defense tied a single-game record with nine takeaways in the 2013 season-opener versus Hampton... In 2012 and 2013, the defense tied for 10th on the season ‘Top 10’ list with 16 interceptions each season.

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TURNOVERS THE KEY: Since the start of 2013, when the team commits fewer turnovers ACTIVE CAREER than the opponent Western is 5-2. However, when the turnovers were equal (0-2) or WIU STATISTICAL LEADERS made more miscues (1-6) the squad was winless until finally breaking the streak against Drake (minus-1)... On four occasions Western has not committed a turnover, and the team RUSHING YARDS owns a 3-1 record in those games. 1,559 - J.C. Baker 265 - Kyle Hammonds DAVIS SETS ALL-TIME RECORD: When Martinez Davis returned an Indiana State in- terception 32 yards for a touchdown last year, he recorded his third career score off an CAREER 100 YARD RUSHING INT... He now owns the Western career record for interception returns for a touchdown... 9 - J.C. Baker With eight career interceptions, Davis stands just one shy of 10th place on the all-time list... He shares the season interceptions return for a touchdown record with teammate Kevin RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS Kintzel (2 in the 2012 season). 7 - J.C. Baker 3 - Trenton Norvell DAVIS ENTERS ANOTHER TOP 10: Martinez Davis joined another WIU career ‘Top 10’ 2 - Devon Moore listing during the Northwestern game. He was credited with a pass break-up, the 18th of 1 - Kyle Hammonds his career, and moved into a three-way tie for 10th place all-time... Davis is tied with Donnie Caldwell and former NFL standout (and Super Bowl champion) Rodney Harrison... He’s PASSING YARDS two away from Derrick Varnado for ninth place. 3,065 - Trenton Norvell KINTZEL JOINS RECORD BOOK: Linebacker Kevin Kintzel set a Western Illinois sea- RECEIVING YARDS son record in 2013 scoring three defensive touchdowns... He returned an interception for a 739 - Lance Lenoir, Jr. touchdown against Hampton, recovered a fumble against South Dakota and scored, then 662 - Hi-C Scott in the finale picked off a UNI pass and raced into the endzone... Kintzel tied a season re- 559 - Joey Borsellino cord with two interception returns for a touchdown... He picked off three passes, recovered three fumbles and forced two fumbles. CAREER 100 YARD RECEIVING 2 - Lance Lenoir TOP 10 DEFENSE RETURNS KEY PLAYERS: Western Illinois made a significant jump 1 - Joey Borsellino from year one under defensive coordinator Brian Ward to year two, going from the 100s in 1 - Hi-C Scott total defense to seventh last year. Western also led the MVFC with a 149.0 pass yards al- lowed average, good for third in the nation... Four games into the 2014 season, WIU ranks RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS 27th in rushing defense (124.0), 27th in scoring defense (20.0 ppg), 31st in total defense 7 - Lance Lenoir (331.8), and 18th in redzone defense (.647). 5 - Hi-C Scott 4 - Joey Borsellino 100 CAREER TACKLES: Seven current Leathernecks have eclipsed 100 career tackles and are on the verge of 200-plus... J.J. Raffelson (193) and Jonathon Rollins (192) could KICKOFF RETURNS both break the 200 mark this weekend... Seniors David McDaniel (165), Kevin Kintzel 292 - Kyle Hammonds (145), Luke Venegoni (131), Gino Durley, Jr. (126) and Martinez Davis (122) round out 159 - Lance Lenoir, Jr. the list. INTERCEPTIONS RAFFELSON POPS THE QUESTION: Not only was J.J. Raffelson able to celebrate 8 - Martinez Davis a team victory following the Valparaiso game, he had another reason to celebrate post- 7 - David McDaniel game... The junior linebacker proposed to his girlfriend Heather Smith (four-year letterwin- 4 - Kevin Kintzel ner for the WIU Volleyball team) on the field after the game, and she said yes. TACKLES EXPERIENCE RETURNS: Western now has six players with 20 or more career starts... 193 - J.J. Raffelson Martinez Davis leads all players with 30 starts (24 consecutive)... Jonathon Rollins has 192 - Jonathon Rollins 27 starts and David McDaniel is next with 25 (22 consecutive)... Gino Durley, Jr. and 165 - David McDaniel Brandon De La Cruz each made 23 starts in their career, including 11 straight... Raffelson 145 - Kevin Kintzel returned from a season-ending injury in 2013 to start all four games this year and now with 131 - Luke Venegoni 21 in his career... Kevin Kintzel is scheduled to join the group this weekend, currently with 126 - Gino Durley, Jr. 19 in his four-year career. 122 - Martinez Davis INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS ON DEFENSE: Martinez Davis enters this week 64th in passes TACKLES FOR LOSS defended (1.0). He’s joined at 64th nationally by Aaron Diggs... Eddy Holtschlag ranks 17.5 - Kevin Kintzel 88th in pass sacks (0.63)... Jonathon Rollins stands 42nd in solo tackles per game (5.7) 13.5 - Gino Durley, Jr. and 86th in total tackles (2nd in MVFC at 8.3 tpg)... Luke Venegoni is third in the Valley 12.0 - Luke Venegoni and 90th nationally at 8.3 tackles per game. 11.0 - Eddy Holtschlag 9.0 - Martinez Davis SECONDARY ROLLING UP THE INTERCEPTIONS: The last two seasons, Western’s defensive backs helped the unit rank 10th among the program season leaders... Among SCORING the active leaders, Martinez Davis leads with eight interceptions and David McDaniel 60 - Nathan Knuffman right behind at seven... Dallas Nichols picked up his second career pick during the Wis- 48 - J.C. Baker consin game... The trio has accounted for 17 interceptions... Davis has three career inter- 42 - Lance Lenoir, Jr. ception returns for a touchdown while Nichols set a record with his 97-yard interception 30 - Hi-C Scott return in the 2013 season-opener. @WIUFootball • #W1U 9 WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL NOTES SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

RESULTS ON TAKEAWAYS FROM ARIZONA TO ILLINOIS: Over the past two seasons, Western has developed a productive connection with the state of Arizona... Several players have made their way east to Illinois for the Leathernecks. VALPARAISO (1): TAKEAWAY...... DRIVE RESULT Arizona Western CC: J.C. Baker (Sr/RB) INT (McDaniel)...... Touchdown Glendale CC: Luis Sharpe (Jr/DB), Dallas Nichols (Sr/DB), DeAndre Daniels (Sr/LB), Nick Ziegenbein (Jr/OL), John LaChapelle (Jr/DL) WISCONSIN (1): Scottsdale CC: Hi-C Scott (Sr/WR), Tyler Bode (Jr/OL) TAKEAWAY...... DRIVE RESULT Goodyear (Millennium HS): Aaron Diggs (Fr/DB) INT (Nichols)...... Turnover (INT) Surprise (Valley Vista HS): Myles Spearman (R-Fr/DB)

DRAKE (1): BAKER AMONG RUSHING LEADERS: Senior J.C. Baker remained sixth among the TAKEAWAY...... DRIVE RESULT Missouri Valley Conference leaders, and ranks 28th nationally averaging 102.5 rushing Fumble (Nelson)...... End of Game yards per game... His 122 all-purpose yards per game is 63rd nationally... In 16 career games as a Leatherneck, Baker has racked up 1,559 rushing yards - nearly a 100 per NORTHWESTERN (2): game average. TAKEAWAY...... DRIVE RESULT Fumble (Charles)...... Punt FIFTH FASTEST TO 1,000: J.C. Baker rushed for five yards in his first attempt at Indiana Fumble (Kintzel)...... End of Half State in game 11 of the 2013 season. That moved him past 1,000 yards in his inaugural season with the Leathernecks... Needing just 177 attempts to reach that milestone put Baker as the fifth-fastest in program history to record 1,000 yards... No other first-year Divi- sion I player in the program’s history ran for 1,000 yards in a season.

BAKER HITS 100: J.C. Baker made an immediate impact for the Leathernecks last sea- son after transferring from Arizona Western CC... He tied for sixth among the Western season ‘Top 10’ leaders for most 100-yard rushing games... Baker recorded his second 100-yard rushing game of the season when he tallied 130 yards versus Drake... He took sole possession of fifth place all-time with nine in 15 career games. BAKER 100-YARD RUSHING GAMES 163 - Southern Illinois (25 carries/2013) 148 - at Youngstown State (28 carries/2013) 144 - Quincy (14 carries/2013) 137 - Valparaiso (17 carries/2014) 130 - Drake (20 carries/2014) 112 - South Dakota State (27 carries/2013) 109 - at Indiana State (23 carries/2013) 108 - at UNLV (15 carries/2013) 104 - South Dakota (13 carries/2013)

BAKER CAN CATCH THE BALL TOO: J.C. Baker showed his versatility last season by catching 32 passes (tied for third on the team) totaling 183 yards. He ended the year ninth on the WIU season ‘Top 10’ for most receiving yards by a running back... Baker is tied for third in receptions (7) and fifth with 78 yards and a TD.

NORVELL RETURNS AT QUARTERBACK: Sophomore Trenton Norvell was the only freshman in the MVFC to start every game at quarterback. He set three WIU freshman records - touchdowns, completions, and attempts - and ranked among the ‘Top 50’ nation- ally in TD passes.

NORVELL SETS CAREER-HIGHS: In the Valpo opener, Trenton Norvell set career- highs in passing - completion percentage (.714), yards (320) and tied a high in touchdown passes (4)... He completed 20-of-28 passes for his first-ever 300-yard passing game... It marked the first time in three years a Leatherneck QB threw for 300 yards, and Norvell’s yardage was the most since Matt Barr at Southern Illinois four years ago.

QB NAMED CFPA HONORABLE MENTION: For his efforts in the Valparaiso game, quar- terback Trenton Norvell was an Honorable Mention selection by the College Football Per- formance Awards. It marks the first time in his career receiving the CFPA weekly accolade.

NORVELL THREATENED RECORD: Trenton Norvell made a run at the Western single- game completions record at Northwestern. The sophomore completed 29-of-49 passes, falling three shy of the mark set by Paul Singer on two different occasions... Norvell nearly became the first Leatherneck since 2001 (Sam Clemons) to complete 30 passes ina game, and he was eight yards shy of his second career 300-yard passing game.

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During his performance at Northwest- 20-YARD BIG PLAYS IN THE CAREER TOP 10 AS A SOPHOMORE: ern, Trenton Norvell broke into the WIU career ‘Top 10’ for most pass completions. He RUN (6): increased his career total to 272, moving past Mark Bloom and Donny Simmons for ninth J.C. BAKER (4) place all-time... Norvell is 12 away from Mark Zanders for eighth place. 23 vs. VU 28 vs. VU NORVELL REPRESENTING WIU IN THE LEADERS: Trenton Norvell ranks 22nd na- 21 vs. DU tionally in touchdown passes (6). He’s 29th in passing efficiency (138.8), 26th in passing 22 at NU yards per game (231.3), and 50th in passing yards per completion (12.0)... Norvell enters this week 40th in total offense (232.3). QUADARIAS MIRELES (1) 33 vs. VU LENOIR SETS CAREER-HIGHS TOO: Lance Lenoir joined Trenton Norvell in a career- TRENTON NORVELL (1) high day at Northwestern. The sophomore wide receiver caught 11 passes for 115 yards 27 vs. DU against the Wildcats, setting a personal-best in both categories... Lenoir notched his sec- ond career 100-yard receiving game. RECEIVING (12): J.C. BAKER (1) SCOTT OFF TO A STRONG START: Senior Hi-C Scott continues his strong start to the 40 vs. VU (Norvell... TD) 2014 season... He is 43rd nationally with two TD receptions... The 4.8 receptions per game puts him 66th in the country... Scott’s 9.6 average per punt return . JOEY BORSELLINO (2) 33 vs. VU (Norvell) 20 at NU (Norvell) TOUCHDOWN CAREER-HIGH: Senior Hi-C Scott caught three touchdown passes last year, two coming in the Missouri State game. He matched his personal-high when he KYLE HAMMONDS (1) hauled in a 17-yard and 38-yard TD reception versus Valpo... Scott averaged 16.8 yards 27 vs. VU (Norvell) on his four catches.

ADAM HOOGERWERF (1) TRIO JOIN RECORD BOOKS: Western Illinois accomplished a rare feat in 2013, as three 27 vs. VU (Norvell) different receivers finished a game with 100-plus yards... It’s the fifth time in program his- LANCE LENOIR (2) tory that feat was accomplished, and first time happening since 2009...Lance Lenoir, Jr., 30 vs. VU (Norvell) Hi-C Scott and Joey Borsellino accomplished the feat... Lenoir caught seven passes for 33 at NU (Norvell) 105 yards and two scores at Illinois State... Borsellino had 110 yards on 10 catches versus Southern Illinois... Scott totaled 104 yards on four catches with two TDs against Missouri QUADARIAS MIRELES (2) State. He also finished five yards shy of 100 against Quincy in week two. 71 vs. DU (Norvell... TD) 21 at NU (Norvell) RETURNERS ON THE O-LINE: Western returns four players with starting experience along the offensive line... Junior guard Brandon leads the offense with 23 starts HI-C SCOTT (3) De La Cruz 38 vs. VU (Norvell... TD) in his career. He moved to center during the off-season... Fellow junior Ryan Ricketts (15 23 vs. DU (Norvell) starts) moved from center to guard... Another junior, Sean Sullivan, made four starts last 21 at NU (Norvell) year at guard and four this year... Senior Sam Kachanuk started nine times last year and 12 in his three-year career. He has played mainly at guard in his career... Sophomores Ed- RETURNS (8): die Atkinson and Matt Zobrist both lettered as redshirt-freshmen... JUCO transfer Tyler KYLE HAMMONDS (1) Bode joined the team at the spring semester and starts at tackle. 26 vs. VU (Kickoff) Sophomore averaged a ADAM HOOGERWERF (1) KNUFFMAN RETURNS IN DUAL ROLE: Nathan Knuffman 23 vs. VU (Kickoff) career-high 43.4 yards per punt (at least four punts in a game) at Wisconsin, including a season-high 58-yarder... He extended his streak to four consecutive games with a field LANCE LENOIR (2) goal following a 20-yarder against Drake, but the streak ended at Northwestern as his only 20 at WIS (Kickoff) attempt - a 40-yarder - was blocked at the end of the first half... Knuffman ranks 58th na- 21 vs. DU (Kickoff) tionally averaging 38.9 yards per punt... His 75% FG percentage is 31st overall.

HI-C SCOTT (4) KNUFFMAN SETS CAREER-HIGH: Nathan Knuffman kicked a career-high six extra 27 at WIS (Punt) 23 vs. DU (Punt) points in the opening win versus Valpo... His previous high was four last season... Knuff- 28 at NU (Kickoff) man booted a 24-yard field goal and on his only punt attempt had a 41-yarder (net yards). 28 at NU (Kickoff) ALL IN THE FAMILY: Western has two sets of brothers on this year’s roster... Senior Chip By Game: Holtschlag and junior Eddy are twins who play defensive end. Chip was forced to burn Valparaiso...... 11 his redshirt late in 2011 due to injuries along the defensive line. Eddy made his first-ever at Wisconsin...... 2 start in the season-opener... Redshirt-freshman Josh Smith was joined this fall by his Drake...... 6 younger brother Timothy. Josh has seven tackles in his first three games while Timothy is at Northwestern...... 7 expected to redshirt. Both are defensive backs.

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Game ATTEMPTS...... Cmp.....G...... Years PASSES BROKEN UP 1. 1,231 Paul Singer...... 678...... 44.....1985-88 1. 36 Frank Spraggins...... 1994-97 PUNT RETURNS 2. 899 Matt Barr...... 502...... 38.....2007-10 36 Percy Tompkins...... 1980-82 1. 6 Mike Cunningham (Jr).. UW-Milwaukee 10/4/69 3. 821 Steve LaFalce...... 506...... 46.....2003-06 3. 35 Patrick Stoudamire...... 2006-09... 2. 5 Antoine Ford (Sr)...... at UNI 11/23/13 4. 800 Jeff Hecklinski...... 486...... 36.....1995-97 4. 27 Bryan Cox...... 1987-90 5 Tim Jackson (Jr)...... Indiana State 10/18/08 5. 733 Russ Michna...... 418...... 39.....2000-03 5. 24 Buck Phillips...... 1994-95 4. 4 Hi-C Scott (Sr)...... at Northwestern, 9/20/14 6. 655 Bob Majka...... 316...... 29.....1969-71 6. 23 Kieron James...... 2009-12 4 Antoine Ford (Jr)...... at South Dakota 10/6/12 7. 600 Rob St. Sauver...... 312...... 22.....1993-94 7. 22 Mike Carter...... 1997-98 4 Tim Jackson (So)...... Saint Francis 9/15/07 8. 532 Mark Zanders...... 284...... 25.....1998-99 8. 21 Emrick Wilcox...... 1987-88 4 Tim Jackson (So)...... at Illinois 9/8/07 9. 509 Steve Mikez...... 252...... 24.....1971-73 9. 20 Derrick Varnado...... 1998-99 10. 505 Mark Bloom...... 257...... 31.....1982-84 10. 18 Martinez Davis...... 2011-Pr ------18 Donnie Caldwell...... 1997-98 Season 504 Trenton Norvell...... 272...... 16.....2013-Pr 18 Rodney Harrison...... 1991-93 RETURNS (any type) FOR TDs 1. 4 Buck Phillips (Jr)...... 1994 100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES DEFENSIVE SCORING ...... (3 punt returns, 1 interception return) 1. 8 Terriun Crump...... 2009-11 TD.. Other... G...... Year 2. 3 Kevin Kintzel (Jr)...... 2013 8 Reggie Gray...... 2002-05 1. 18 Kevin Kintzel 3..... -...... 34...2011-Pr ...... (2 interception returns, 1 fumble return) 3. 7 Ron Wilson...... 1968-69 18 Martinez Davis 3..... --...... 32...2011-Pr 4. 6 Lito Senatus...... 2008-10 3. 16 Lee Russell 2..... 2 saf.... 48. 2000-03 INTERCEPTIONS FOR TDs 6 Marco Thomas...... 2003-06 16 Bryan Cox 2..... 2 saf.... 45. 1987-90 1. 2 Kevin Kintzel (Jr)...... 2013 6 James Norris...... 2003-04 5. 12 Joe Allen 2..... --...... 22. 1989-90 2 Martinez Davis (Soph)...... 2012 7. 5 Stacy Coleman...... 2001-02 12 Buck Phillips 2..... --...... 22. 1994-95 2 Lee Russell (Jr)...... 2002 5 Curt Christenson...... 1969-71 12 Wyatt Green 2..... --...... 26. 2002-05 9. 4 Frisman Jackson...... 2000-01 10. 3 Carl Sims...... 2005-08 RETURNS (any type) FOR TDs Career 3 Bobby Starks...... 1999-2000 1. 6 Buck Phillips...... 1994-95 RUSH TDs by a QB...... G...... Years 3 Marvin Williams...... 1972-73 (4 punt, 2 INT) 1. 14 Matt Barr...... 38...2007-10 ------2. 3 Kevin Kintzel...... 2011-Pr 2. 12 Steve LaFalce...... 46...2003-06 2 Lance Lenoir...... 2013-Pr (2 INT, 1 fumble) 3. 8 Russ Michna...... 39...2000-03 3 Martinez Davis...... 2011-Pr 4. 6 Sam Clemons...... 20...2000-01 EXTRA POINTS..... M-A...... Pct...... Year (3 INT) 6 Paul Singer...... 44...1985-88 1. 174 Justin Langan...... 174-182.. .956...2001-04 3 Bryan Cox...... 1987-90 6. 5 Donnie Simmons...... 23...1991-92 2. 160 Taylor Rowan...... 160-162.. .988...2005-08 7. 4 Jeff Hecklinski...... 36...1995-97 3. 141 Keith Jones...... 141-152.. .928...1994-97 INTERCEPTIONS FOR TDs 8. 3 Trenton Norvell...... 16...2013-Pr 4. 117 Joe Lopez...... 117-129.. .907...1998-00 1. 3 Martinez Davis...... 2011-Pr 5. 93 Matt Seman...... 93-109.... .853...1990-93 100-YARD GAMES 6. 88 Layne Bennett...... n/a...... n/a.....1987-89 1. 23 Herb Donaldson...... 2005-08 7. 84 Gary Birch...... n/a...... n/a.....1971-73 2. 19 Charles Tharp...... 1999-2000 8. 70 Sam Bass...... n/a...... n/a.....1968-70 19 Aaron Stecker...... 1997-98 9. 53 Pat Smith...... 53-55...... 964...2010-12 4. 17 Travis Glasford...... 2002-05 10. 44 Dave Emond...... 44-48...... 917...1985-86 5. 9 J.C. Baker...... 2013-Pr ------42 Nathan Knuffman...42-46...... 913...2013-Pr PASS TOUCHDOWNS...... G...... Years 1. 62 Paul Singer...... 44....1985-88 KICK SCORING..... PAT... FG... G...... Years 2. 45 Matt Barr...... 38....2007-10 1. 335 Justin Langan ...... 175... 53.... 47....2001-04 3. 44 Russ Michna...... 39....2000-03 2. 283 Taylor Rowan...... 160... 41.... 44....2005-08 4. 42 Steve LaFalce...... 46....2003-06 3. 267 Keith Jones ...... 141... 42.... 43....1994-97 5. 41 Bob Majka...... 1969-71 4. 231 Joe Lopez ...... 117... 38.... 37....1997-00 6. 33 Donny Simmons...... 23....1991-92 5. 166 Layne Bennett ...... 88..... 26.... 34....1986-89 7. 32 Steve Mikez...... 1971-73 6. 156 Matt Seman ...... 93..... 20.... 43....1990-93 8. 29 Sam Clemons...... 20....2000-01 7. 108 Gary Birch...... 84..... 8...... 32....1971-73 9. 28 Mark Zanders...... 25....1998-99 8. 107 Pat Smith...... 53..... 18.... 28....2010-12 10. 26 Jeff Hecklinski...... 36....1995-97 9. 77 Dave Emond...... 11..... 44.... 21....1985-86 26 Rob St. Sauver...... 22....1993-94 10. 62 Tom Dickerson...... 11..... 29.... 20....1975-76 ------22 Trenton Norvell...... 16....2013-Pr 60 Nathan Knuffman...42..... 6...... 16....2013-Pr

COMPLETIONS...... Att...... G...... Years INTERCEPTIONS 1. 678 Paul Singer...... 1,231...... 44....1985-88 1. 17 Frank Spraggins...... 1994-97 2. 506 Steve LaFalce...... 821...... 46....2003-06 2. 15 John Wrenn...... 1970-72 3. 502 Matt Barr...... 899...... 38....2007-10 15 Mike Wagner...... 1968-70 4. 486 Jeff Hecklinski...... 800...... 36....1995-97 4. 11 Emrick Wilcox...... 1987-88 5. 418 Russ Michna...... 733...... 39....2000-03 11 Charlie Boston...... 1971-73 6. 316 Bob Majka...... 655...... 29....1969-71 6. 10 Marcus Ballard...... 1983-86 7. 312 Rob St. Sauver...... 600...... 22....1993-94 10 Percy Tompkins...... 1980-82 8. 284 Mark Zanders...... 532...... 25....1998-99 10 Rod Anderson...... 1978-80 9. 272 Trenton Norvell...... 504...... 16....2013-Pr 10 Greg Lee...... 1975-76 10. 9 Mike Wilson...... 1965-68 ------8 Martinez Davis...... 2011-Pr

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SCORING SUMMARY Opp Qu Pl Yds Tm Result TD Length TD Drive Length VU 1 7 65 2:59 Baker 6 run (Knuffman PAT) 0-9 Yards ...... 6...... 0 VU 1 9 80 3:38 Harris 9 pass Norvell (Knuffman PAT) 10-19 Yards ...... 2...... 0 VU 2 7 71 1:47 Scott 17 pass Norvell (Knuffman PAT) 20-29 Yards ...... 1...... 0 VU 2 13 73 2:49 Knuffman 24 FG 30-39 Yards ...... 1...... 1 VU 3 4 80 1:06 Scott 38 pass Norvell (Knuffman PAT) 40-49 Yards ...... 1...... 1 VU 3 1 40 :14 Baker 40 pass Norvell (Knuffman PAT) 50-59 Yards ...... 0...... 0 VU 1 13 75 6:04 Moore 10 run (Knuffman PAT) 60-69 Yards ...... 0...... 2 70-79 Yards ...... 1...... 4 WIS 2 11 67 2:11 Knuffman 29 FG 80-89 Yards ...... 0...... 3 90-99 Yards ...... 0...... 0 DU 1 7 80 2:30 Norvell 7 run (Knuffman PAT) DU 1 13 74 5:39 Hammonds 1 run (Knuffman PAT) TD Drive Time Plays on TD Drive DU 3 9 34 4:25 Moore 3 run (Knuffman PAT) :00-:29 ...... 1...... 1 ...... 1 DU 3 Blumenshine 30 block punt return :30-:59 ...... 1...... 2 ...... 0 (Knuffman PAT) 1:00-1:59 ...... 2...... 3 ...... 1 DU 4 9 63 2:32 Knuffman 20 FG 2:00-2:59 ...... 2...... 4 ...... 1 DU 4 3 78 :32 Mireles 71 pass Norvell (Knuffman PAT) 3:00-3:59 ...... 2...... 5 ...... 0 4:00-4:59 ...... 1...... 6 ...... 0 NU 1 10 60 3:15 Borsellino 4 pass Norvell (Knuffman PAT) 5:00-5:59 ...... 1...... 7 ...... 3 6:00-6:59 ...... 1...... 8 ...... 0 7:00+ ...... 0...... 9 ...... 2 10+ ...... 3

Total Time/Plays: 1809 seconds / 83 plays Average TD Drive: 2:44, 7.5 plays (11 touchdowns... does not include block punt return for TD) Shortest TD Drive Time: :14 vs. Valparaiso Longest TD Drive Time: 6:04 vs. Valparaiso Longest Scoring Drive Time: 6:04 vs. Valparaiso Longest Yardage Drive: 80 on 3 occasions Most Plays on Drive: 13 on 3 occasions Longest TD Length: 71 vs. Drake

GAME BY GAME NOTEABLES LONGEST PLAYS

Coin Kick/ WIU Game Rushing Opponent Toss Receive 1st Poss. Length Jersey Result 33 - Quadarias Mireles vs. Valparaiso (Aug. 28) Valparaiso Lost Receive Touchdown 2:38 Purple W 45-6 Passing/Receiving at #18 Wisconsin Won Receive Safety (KO) 2:54 White L 3-37 71 - Trenton Norvell to Quadarias Mireles vs. Drake (Sept. 13) Drake Won Receive Fumble (KO) 3:04 Purple W 38-13 Punt Return at Northwestern Won Kick Touchdown 3:23 White L 7-24 30 - Brad Blumenshine vs. Drake (Sept. 13... TD) at S. Illinois Kickoff Return NDSU 28 - Hi-C Scott at Northwestern (Sept. 20) at Youngstown St. Interception Return Illinois St. 7 - David McDaniel vs. Valparaiso (Aug. 28) UNI Fumble Return at S. Dakota None at SDSU Punt Indiana State 58 - Nathan Knuffman at Wisconsin (Sept. 6) Field Goal 29 - Nathan Knuffman at Wisconsin (Sept. 6) @WIUFootball • #W1U 13 WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL NOTES SOUTHERN ILLINOIS THE LAST TIME WESTERN... RUSHING - TEAM SCORING - TEAM 300 or more yards...... 384 vs. Indiana State, 2010 40-plus points...... 45 vs. Valparaiso (45-6), 2014 400 or more yards...... 459 at Missouri State, 2008 50-plus points...... 65 vs. Illinois State (65-38), 2010 500 or more yards...... 519 vs. St. Francis, 2007 (WIU) 60-plus points...... 65 vs. Illinois State (65-38), 2010 Shutout an opponent...... 45-0 vs. Valparaiso, 2010 RUSHING – INDIVIDUAL Was held scoreless...... 0-35 at Southern Illinois, 2012 100 or more yards...... 130 - J.C. Baker vs. Drake, 2014 99-yard scoring drive...... (12 plays/TD) at Youngstown State, 2013 150 or more yards...... 163 - J.C. Baker vs. Southern Illinois, 2013 200 or more yards...... 273 - Herb Donaldson at Missouri State, 2008 SCORING – INDIVIDUAL 300 or more yards...... 314 - Herb Donaldson vs. Missouri State, 2007 Scored 4 or more TDs.. 6 – Herb Donaldson vs. Indiana State, 2006 (WIU) 2 players with 100 yards...... Scored 5 or more TDs.. 6 – Herb Donaldson vs. Indiana State, 2006 (WIU) ...... Nikko Watson (109), Caulton Ray (106) vs. Butler, 2012 Accounted for 5 or more TDs.....7 - Matt Barr vs. Illinois State, 2010 (WIU) Rushed 20 or more times...... 20 - J.C. Baker at Northwestern, 2014 Kicked 4 or more FG...... 5 – Taylor Rowan vs. South Dakota State, 2007 Rushed 25 or more times...... 25 - J.C. Baker vs. Southern Illinois, 2013 Kicked a 50-plus yard FG.. 54 – Taylor Rowan at North Dakota State, 2008 Rushed 30 or more times.....30 - Nikko Watson at Youngstown State, 2011 Kicked 5 or more ExP...... 5 - Nathan Knuffman vs. Drake, 2014 Run of 50 or more yards...... 63 - J.C. Baker vs. Southern Illinois, 2013 Kicked 8 or more ExP...... 9 - Pat Smith vs. Illinois State, 2010 Run of 60 or more yards...... 63 - J.C. Baker vs. Southern Illinois, 2013 Recorded a 2-point conversion...... Kevin Kintzel vs. Hampton, 2013 Run of 70 or more yds...77 – Frisman Jackson at Southern Illinois, 2000 (WIU QB) Rush 4 or more TDs..... 6 – Herb Donaldson vs. Indiana State, 2006 (WIU) GIVEAWAYS/TAKEAWAYS Did not commit a turnover...... vs. Valparaiso, 2014 PASSING - INDIVIDUAL Recorded 5 or more takeaways...... 9 vs. Hampton, 2013 250 or more yards...... 292 - Trenton Norvell at Northwestern, 2014 Recorded 7 or more takeaways...... 9 vs. Hampton, 2013 300 or more yards...... 320 - Trenton Norvell vs. Valparaiso, 2014 Committed 5 or more turnovers...... 5 vs. Missouri State, 2011 400 or more yards...... 452 - Matt Barr vs. Illinois State, 2010 Recorded 2 or more defensive TDs...... 3 vs. Hampton, 2013 Attempted 50 or more passes...... 51 - Trenton Norvell at Northern Iowa, 2013 Completed 25 or more passes...... 29 - Trenton Norvell at Northwestern, 2014 Returned an INT for TD...... Kevin Kintzel (30 yds) at Northern Iowa, 2013 Completed 30 or more passes...30 – Sam Clemons vs. Illinois State, 2001 Returned a fumble for TD...... Kevin Kintzel (11 yds) vs. South Dakota, 2013 Completed 80% or higher (min. 20 att.)...... Recovered fumble in endzone for TD... David McDaniel vs. Indiana State, 2012 ...... 88% - Matt Barr (22-of-25) vs. Illinois State, 2010 (WIU) Scored a Defensive PAT (2x in history)...Frank Spraggins vs. UNI, 10/11/97 Pass of 50 or more yards...... 71 - Trenton Norvell to Quadarias Mireles vs. Drake, 2014 DEFENSE - TEAM Pass of 60 or more yards...... Held opponent to 50 or fewer rush yds...... 39 vs. Quincy, 2013 ...... 71 - Trenton Norvell to Quadarias Mireles vs. Drake, 2014 Held opponent to 100 or fewer pass yds...... 68 at Northern Iowa, 2013 Pass of 70 or more yards...... Held opponent to 200 or fewer total yds...... 173 vs. Indiana State, 2010 ...... 71 - Trenton Norvell to Quadarias Mireles vs. Drake, 2014 Recorded a safety...... vs. Missouri State, 2009 Threw 3 or more TD passes...... 4 - Trenton Norvell vs. Valparaiso, 2014 Allowed a safety...... at Wisconsin, 2014 Recorded 5.0 or more Sacks...... 7.0 - vs. Drake, 2014 RECEIVING - INDIVIDUAL Recorded 9.0 or more Tackles for Loss...... 9.0 - vs. Drake, 2014 100 or more yards...... 115 - Lance Lenoir, Jr. at Northwestern, 2014 150 or more yards...... 163 - Terriun Crump vs. Southern Illinois, 2011 DEFENSE – INDIVIDUAL 200 or more yards...... 210 – Lito Senatus vs. Illinois State, 2010 Recorded 2 or more INT...... 2 - Jonathon Rollins vs. Hampton, 2013 2 players with 100 yards...... Recorded 15 or more tackles... 17 - Kyle Glazier at Coastal Carolina, 2010 ...... Lito Senatus (210), Terriun Crump (122) vs. Illinois State, 2010 Recorded 20 or more tackles...... 25 - Kyle Glazier at Missouri State, 2010 Caught 7 or more passes...... 11 - Lance Lenoir, Jr. at Northwestern, 2014 Recorded 25 or more tackles...... 25 - Kyle Glazier at Missouri State, 2010 Caught 10 or more passes...... 11 - Lance Lenoir, Jr. at Northwestern, 2014 Recorded 2 or more sacks...... 2.0 - Kevin Kintzel at Indiana State, 2013 Caught 2 or more TDs...... 2 - Hi-C Scott vs. Valparaiso, 2014 Recorded 4 or more TFL..... 4.5 - Theon Dixon vs. South Dakota State, 2011 Caught 3 or more TDs...... 3 – Reggie Gray vs. Southern Illinois, 2003 SPECIAL TEAMS TOTAL OFFENSE - TEAM Returned punt for a TD...... Todd Speight vs. Stephen F. Austin, 2009 500 yards total offense...... 593 vs. Valparaiso, 2014 Gave up a punt return for TD...... Cedric Miller of Missouri State, 2013 600 yards total offense...... 629 vs. Illinois State, 2010 Blocked a punt and scored a TD...... 80-plus plays...... 86 at Northwestern, 2014 ...... David McDaniel (Block), Brad Blumenshine (Return) vs. Drake, 2014 90-plus plays...... 91 at Northern Iowa, 2011 Returned a kickoff for a TD...... 100-plus plays...... 101 at Indiana State, 2011 ...... Larry Patterson vs. Missouri State, 2011 (90 yds on opening kick) 40-plus minutes time of possession...... 40:40 at Indiana State, 2011 Gave up a kickoff return for TD...... Tyrel Kool of South Dakota State, 2012 Held to minus rushing yards...... minus-7 at Southern Illinois, 2010 Blocked a punt...... David McDaniel vs. Drake, 2014 Was held to 100 or fewer total yards...... 44 at Missouri, 2011 Blocked a field goal...... Theon Dixon at Missouri State, 2012 Had a punt blocked...... at Northwestern, 2014 TOTAL OFFENSE - INDIVIDUAL Had a field goal blocked...... at Northwestern, 2014 200 pass yards/100 rush yards (Same player)...... Punted 10 or more times...... 11 - Nathan Knuffman at Illinois State, 2013 ...... Matt Barr (221 passing/125 rushing) vs. Sam Houston State, 2010 Had a punt of 60-plus yards...... 65 - Nathan Knuffman at Minnesota, 2013 200 pass yards/100 rush yards (2 players)...... Had a punt of 70-plus yards...75/72 – Mike Scifres at Southern Utah, 2002 ...... Trenton Norvell (205)/J.C. Baker (130) vs. Drake, 2014 Totaled 100-plus punt return yds...106 – Ashlee Frazier at Ball State, 2000 100 rush yards/100 receive yards...... Totaled 100-plus kickoff return yds...... J.C. Baker (163)/Joey Borsellino (110) vs. Southern Illinois, 2013 ...... 101 - Fredson Salomon at Youngstown State, 2013 (4 returns)

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#12 DEMETRIUS ALLEN #1 JOEY BORSELLINO JR/LB SOPH/WR JUNIOR (2014): Earned his first start as a Leatherneck during the SOPHOMORE (2014): Tied for team-lead with four receptions ver- opener versus Valparaiso... recorded four tackles... assisted tackle sus Valparaiso totaling 59 yards... started at Wisconsin but was held against Drake... played at Northwestern. without a catch... 11-yard catch against Drake... caught a 4-yard JUNIOR (2013): Redshirted to meet transfer requirements. touchdown at Northwestern... totaled 24 yards on two catches. CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 4 vs. VALPARAISO (8/28/14) FRESHMAN (2013): Became the only Leatherneck freshman to lead the team in receptions for a season (41)... ended second with 465 receiving yards... contended for MVFC All-Newcomer honors... #2 J.C. BAKER only one of two true-freshmen to play in the 2013 season... in his Leatherneck debut caught a 5-yard pass against Hampton... five SR/RB catches for 36 yards against Quincy... played at Minnesota... game- TEAM CAPTAIN high 60 receiving yards and shared game-high honors with five SENIOR (2014): Named to the College Football Performance catches at UNLV with a touchdown... caught two passes totaling Award Watch List at Running Back... Second Team preseason 19 yards, including a 4-yard reception in the fourth quarter... made MVFC by College Sports Madness... rushed for game-high 137 it three straight games with a touchdown catch at Illinois State, yards (8.1 ypc) and a TD against Valparaiso... caught a 40-yard hauling in a 21-yard TD... caught a team-high three passes total- TD pass also against Valpo... tied his career-high with two TDs ing 40 yards against South Dakota State... caught a 9-yard pass at accounted for... rushed for 60 yards on 22 carries at Wisconsin... Youngstown State, making the start... caught three passes for 21 game-high 130 rushing yards on 20 attempts against Drake, and yards against Missouri State... personal-highs of 10 receptions to- caught two passes for 19 yards... rushed for 83 yards on 20 at- taling 110 yards against Southern Illinois... game-high 72 receiving tempts at Northwestern, and caught three passes for 20 yards. yards on five receptions at Indiana State... game-high 72 receiving JUNIOR (2013): Honorable Mention All-Missouri Valley Foot- yards at Northern Iowa (on five receptions). ball Conference... MVFC All-Newcomer Team... runner-up as CAREER-HIGH RECEIVING YARDS: 110 vs. Southern Illinois (11/2/13) MVFC ‘Newcomer of the Year’... Third Team All-MVFC by College CAREER-HIGH RECEPTIONS: 10 vs. Southern Illinois (11/2/13) Sports Madness... his 1,149 rushing yards are third in the MVFC CAREER-HIGH TOUCHDOWNS: 1 on four occasions and 22nd-best in the country, in addition ranks 57th in all-purpose yards with 111.0 per game... already tied for seventh all-time in Western history with seven 100-yard rushing games... ended #90 JEAN-MARC CHARLES eighth on the season ‘Top 10’ list averaging 5.33 yards per carry... led Western rushing for six touchdowns... his 183 receiving yards JR/DL placed him ninth on the season list for most receiving yards by a run- JUNIOR (2014): Recorded a tackle and pass break-up in the sea- ning back... in his Leatherneck debut recorded 46 net rushing yards son-opener against Valparaiso... played at Wisconsin... recorded a and caught three passes for three yards against Hampton... tallied solo tackle against Drake... first career solo sack, forced a fumble 144 yards on 14 attempts (10.3 ypc) and two touchdowns against and recovered a fumble at Northwestern. Quincy (43 and 9 yards)... named Honorable Mention by the Col- SOPHOMORE (2013): Played in the first four games before suf- lege Football Performance Awards... team-high 50 rushing yards fering a season-ending injury... had four tackles, 1.5 TFL and four on seven attempts at Minnesota... gained 108 yards on the ground pass break-ups on the season. at UNLV, averaged 7.2 yards per carry... rushed for 104 yards on CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 4 vs. Northern Iowa (11/3/12) 13 attempts against South Dakota, including a long of 54 yards... CAREER-HIGH INTERCEPTIONS: 1 vs. Quincy (9/7/13) turned in the longest rush by a Leatherneck in two years... caught CAREER-HIGH SACKS: 1.0 at NORTHWESTERN (9/20/14) game-high five passes totaling 33 yards against USD... named Missouri Valley Football Conference ‘Newcomer of the Week’ for his performance... team-leading 49 yards on 10 attempts at #3 RICHARD CHUNGONG Illinois State... caught a pass in the game... season-high 27 rush- SR/DB ing attempts totaling 112 yards with two touchdowns against South SENIOR (2014): Earned his first start as a Leatherneck during the Dakota State... season-high 148 rushing yards on 28 attempts at opener versus Valparaiso... recorded four tackles and a PBU... four Youngstown State, and added four catches for 22 yards... named solo tackles at Wisconsin... two assisted tackles against Drake... Honorable Mention by the College Football Performance Awards played against Northwestern. following the YSU game... led with 74 rushing yards on 23 attempts JUNIOR (2013): Played in all 12 games... finished with seven tack- and matched a career-high of five receptions for 35 yards against les and two pass break-ups. Missouri State... rushed for a personal- and game-high 163 yards CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 4 on two occasions on 25 attempts with two touchdowns against Southern Illinois... named Honorable Mention by the College Football Performance Awards following the SIU game... broke the 1,000 yard mark at Indiana State (on his first carry)... recorded a game-high 109 yards on 23 attempts... rushed for 42 yards on 17 attempts at Northern Iowa with a career-high six receptions for 52 yards... named to the MVFC Academic Honor Roll. CAREER-HIGH RUSH YARDS: 163 vs. Southern Illinois (11/2/13) CAREER-HIGH ATTEMPTS: 28 at Youngstown State (10/19/13) CAREER-HIGH TOUCHDOWNS: 2 on three occasions CAREER-HIGH RECEPTIONS: 6 at Northern Iowa (11/23/13)

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#13 JEREMY CURRY #29 AARON DIGGS SR/DE FR/DB SENIOR (2014): Recorded two tackles, shared on one for a loss, FRESHMAN (2014): One of two true-freshmen on defense to see versus Valparaiso... three solo tackles, including one for a loss, at game action in the opener versus Valparaiso... recorded four tack- Wisconsin... made a tackle in the Drake game... played at North- les in the game, including two on special teams... two tackles and western. a pass break-up versus Drake... two pass break-ups at Northwest- JUNIOR (2013): Played in all 12 games... finished with 16 tack- ern. les, two fumble recoveries... recorded two tackles in the season- CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 4 vs. VALPARAISO (8/28/14) opening win over Hampton... also recovered a fumble off a punt CAREER-HIGH PBU: 2 at NORTHWESTERN (9/20/14) return in that game... two assisted tackles against Quincy, includ- ing one for a sack... saw action in the Minnesota game... played at UNLV... played against South Dakota... played at Illinois State.. #50 GINO DURLEY, JR. played against South Dakota State... played at Youngstown State and against Missouri State... saw action versus Southern Illinois... SR/DL career-high 10 tackles, including 2.0 for a loss, at Indiana State... SENIOR (2014): Made three assisted tackles against Valparaiso, solo tackle and recovered a fumble at Northern Iowa. finishing with 1.0 TFL... shared on a tackle for loss at Wisconsin... CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 10 at Indiana State (11/16/13) made three tackles, including a 9-yard sack, in the win over Drake... CAREER-HIGH TFL: 2.0 at Indiana State (11/16/13) career-high nine tackles at Northwestern. JUNIOR (2013): Played in all 12 games and started seven times... recorded 52 tackles, most among the defensive linemen, with 8.0 tackles for a loss and a team-high 4.0 sacks... led the team with #5 MARTINEZ DAVIS 2.0 tackles for a loss against Hampton, finishing with five tackles... SR/DB earned the start against Quincy and finished with two tackles and SENIOR (2014): Third Team Preseason All-American by The Sports a quarterback hurry... two tackles and shared on a sack at Minne- Network... named to the College Football Performance Award sota... recorded three tackles and a pass break-up at UNLV... had (CFPA) Watch List at defensive back... Preseason All-MVFC... four tackles, including a 4-yard sack, against South Dakota... five First Team Preseason All-MVFC by College Sports Madness... tackles, including two for a loss and one sack, at Illinois State... registered four tackles and broke up a pass versus Valparaiso... four tackles versus South Dakota State, including a 4-yard sack... set career-high 10 tackles at Wisconsin (eight solos), and made a matched his season-high of five tackles at Youngstown State... re- tackle for loss... five tackles and shared team-high honors with two corded five tackles, including one for a loss, and broke up a pass pass break-ups against Drake... moved into a tie for 10th place all- versus Missouri State... career-high seven tackles versus Southern time in pass break-ups with one at Northwestern (18 in career)... Illinois... recovered the fumble that sealed the victory at Indiana three tackles in the game. State... finished with six tackles, including a sack, at ISU... four solo JUNIOR (2013): Second Team All-Missouri Valley Football tackles at Northern Iowa. Conference... Second Team All-MVFC by College Sports Mad- CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 9 at NORTHWESTERN (9/20/14) ness... set a WIU career record with his third interception return for CAREER-HIGH SACKS: 1 on five occasions a touchdown... started in all 12 games and recorded 50 tackles... CAREER-HIGH TFL: 2.0 on two occasions tied for the team lead with three interceptions (43 yards) and ended CAREER-HIGH PASS BREAK UPS: 2 at South Dakota (10/6/12) with a team-best seven pass break-ups... recorded an intercep- tion (10 yds) and made two tackles in the season-opener against Hampton... solo tackle and two pass break-ups against Quincy... #38 DAVID GRIFFITH four solo tackles at Minnesota... five solo tackles at UNLV... two solo tackles and a pass break-up against South Dakota... matched FR/DB career-high of six tackles at Illinois State, broke up a pass and re- FRESHMAN (2014): One of two true-freshmen on defense to see corded a tackle for a loss... career-high seven tackles (all solos) game action in the opener versus Valparaiso... made five tackles against South Dakota State and broke up two passes... made four in the game, including one on special teams... saw action at Wis- tackles, including a 4-yarder for a loss, and broke up a pass at consin... finished with four tackles against Drake... played at North- Youngstown State... matched a career-high making seven tack- western. les against Missouri State and recovered the first fumble of his CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 5 vs. VALPARAISO (8/28/14) career... made four tackles and recorded an interception against Southern Illinois... recorded a 32-yard interception return for a TD at Indiana State, which proved to be the game-winning score... also #11 KYLE HAMMONDS tied a program record for all-time INT return for a touchdown (Bryan JR/RB Cox), and tied his career-high of seven tackles... made a TFL at JUNIOR (2014): Finished with 56 yards on 10 carries against Val- Indiana State... named Honorable Mention by the College Football paraiso... one kickoff return for 26 yards in the opener... four rush- Performance Awards following the Indiana State game... made a ing yards and 42 kickoff return yards (four attempts) at Wisconsin... solo tackle for loss at Northern Iowa. recorded his first touchdown as a Leatherneck, a 1-yard touchdown CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 10 at WISCONSIN (9/6/14) run, against Drake... rushed for 40 yards on 10 attempts... 20 rush- CAREER-HIGH INTERCEPTIONS: 2 vs. Indianapolis (9/8/12); at ing yards on five attempts at Northwestern. Missouri State (10/27/12) SOPHOMORE (2013): Played in 10 games... totaled 145 rushing CAREER TOUCHDOWNS: 3 (INT) - vs. Indianapolis (9/8/12); at yards on 37 attempts and caught nine passes for 95 yards... aver- South Dakota State (10/13/12); at Indiana State (11/16/13) aged 22.4 yards on 10 kickoff returns... made his Leatherneck de- but against Quincy after missing most of fall camp with an injury...

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KYLE HAMMONDS CONT... paraiso... three assisted tackles versus Drake... assisted tackle at rushed eight times for 41 yards and caught a 6-yard pass against Northwestern. Quincy... had a team season-long 65-yard pass reception at Min- JUNIOR (2013): Second Team Academic All-MVFC... Played nesota... rushed for nine yards and returned two kickoffs for 46 and started in 11 games... missed the season-finale due to an yards at UNLV... team season-high 44-yard kickoff return (66 total injury... finished with 42 tackles, 6.0 tackles for a loss, andtwo yards) versus South Dakota and rushed for 16 yards... recorded sacks... made his first collegiate start in the opener against Hamp- 32 rushing yards on 10 attempts and caught a 7-yard pass versus ton... recorded four tackles, including one for a loss, and broke up South Dakota State... rushed for 21 yards at Youngstown State and a pass... solo tackle in the Quincy game... solo tackle for a loss at caught four passes for 10 yards... returned two kickoffs for 38 yards Minnesota... career-high nine tackles at UNLV, sharing on one for versus Missouri State... rushed twice for 11 yards and had a 17- a loss... two tackles against South Dakota... recorded five tackles yard kickoff return against Southern Illinois... 3-yard run at Indiana at Illinois State... four tackles versus South Dakota State, including State... 12 yards on four rushes and caught two passes for seven his first-ever sack (12 yards)...made four tackles, including sharing yards at Northern Iowa... returned three kickoffs totaling 58 yards. on one for a loss, at Youngstown State... matched his career-high CAREER-HIGH YARDS: 56 vs. VALPARAISO (8/28/14) of nine tackles versus Missouri State... three solo tackles, including CAREER-HIGH ATTEMPTS: 10 on two occasions 2.0 for a loss and a sack against Southern Illinois... named Capital CAREER-HIGH REC YARDS: 65 at Minnesota (9/14/13) One Academic All-District V, as voted on by members of CoSIDA... started at Indiana State... received the MVFC Commissioner’s Aca- demic Excellence Award. CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 9 on two occasions #92 KRIS HARLEY CAREER-HIGH SACKS: 1 on two occasions JR/DL JUNIOR (2014): Transferred to Western after spending three years at Virginia Tech... made two tackles, including a shared for a loss, in his debut with the Leathernecks versus Valparaiso... four tackles, #99 EDDY HOLTSCHLAG with one going for a loss, at Wisconsin... five tackles, including 1.5 JR/DL for a loss, versus Drake... two solo tackles at Northwestern. JUNIOR (2014): Made first collegiate start in the Valparaiso con- CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 5 vs. DRAKE (9/13/14) test... made two tackles, including a shared TFL... three tackles, in- CAREER-HIGH TFL: 1.5 vs. DRAKE (9/13/14) cluding a 6-yard sack, at Wisconsin... three tackles against Drake, finishing with 1.5 sacks, and a pass break-up... season-high five tackles at Northwestern. SOPHOMORE (2013): Assisted on three tackles, including one #39 LARRY HARRIS for a loss, in the opener against Hampton... made two solo tack- JR/TE les in the Quincy game... played at Minnesota... assisted tackle at JUNIOR (2014): Made two receptions in the Valpo game, totaling UNLV... played versus South Dakota... two tackles and shared on 22 yards... caught a 9-yard touchdown, his first collegiate TD... one for a loss against Illinois State... career-high two sacks versus played at Wisconsin... played against Drake as the offense scored South Dakota State... played at Youngstown State... career-high six three rushing touchdowns... played at Northwestern. tackles against Missouri State... played against Southern Illinois... CAREER-HIGH RECEPTIONS: 2 vs. VALPARAISO (8/28/14) made three tackles at Indiana State... solo tackle at Northern Iowa. CAREER-HIGH YARDS: 22 vs. VALPARAISO (8/28/14) CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 6 vs. Missouri State (10/26/13) CAREER-HIGH TOUCHDOWNS: 1 vs. VALPARAISO (8/28/14) CAREER-HIGH SACKS: 2 vs. South Dakota State (10/12/13)

#89 TAYLOR HILL #86 ADAM HOOGERWERF JR/TE R-FR/WR JUNIOR (2014): Started in the opener versus Valparaiso and had REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN (2014): Caught three passes for 40 yards a 7-yard catch... two catches for five yards at Wisconsin... 9-yard in his debut against Valparaiso, including a long of 27 yards... catch against Drake. played against Drake... played at Northwestern. SOPHOMORE (2013): Started in 10 of his 12 games... finished CAREER-HIGH RECEPTIONS: 3 vs. VALPARAISO (8/28/14) with seven catches totaling 52 yards... saw action in the opener CAREER-HIGH REC. YARDS: 40 vs. VALPARAISO (8/28/14) against Hampton... earned his first collegiate start in the Quincy game... also started at Minnesota... played and started at UNLV... started against South Dakota... started at Illinois State... caught two passes totaling 20 yards versus South Dakota State... career- #17 KEVIN KINTZEL highs of four receptions for 27 yards at Youngstown State... started SR/LB against Missouri State... earned the start versus Southern Illinois... TEAM CAPTAIN played at Indiana State... caught a 5-yard pass at Northern Iowa... SENIOR (2014): Named to the CFPA Linebacker Watch List... Hon- received the MVFC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award. orable Mention Preseason All-MVFC... First Team Preseason All- CAREER-HIGH RECPETIONS: 4 at Youngstown State (10/19/13) MVFC by College Sports Madness... missed the season-opener CAREER-HIGH YARDS: 27 at Youngstown State (10/19/13) with an injury... nine tackles at Wisconsin (six solos) and one was a 3-yard loss... two tackles and a pass-break up against Drake... matched season-high of nine tackles at Northwestern with a fumble #71 CHIP HOLTSCHLAG recovery and pass break-up. JUNIOR (2013): Honorable Mention All-Missouri Valley Foot- SR/DL ball Conference... Third Team All-MVFC by College Sports Mad- SENIOR (2014): Registered four assisted tackles against Val- ness... started all 12 games at outside linebacker... set a Western @WIUFootball • #W1U 17 WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL NOTES SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

KEVIN KINTZEL CONT... at Minnesota, including a long of 65 yards that was the longest by Illinois season record for most defensive touchdowns (3... 2 INT/1 a Western punter in two years... averaged 32.5 yards on six punts FR)... tied for the team lead with 74 tackles... led Western with 11.0 at UNLV, and had a touchback on one of his two kickoffs... made TFL... recorded 3.5 sacks... team-leading three fumble recoveries his first collegiate field goal, 28 yards against South Dakota... also and forced two fumbles... tied for the team lead with three inter- averaged 34.3 yards on seven punts (three inside the 20) and had ceptions... registered six pass break-ups... scored on a 2-point two touchbacks... tied for the third-most punts in a game, launching conversion... Recorded his first collegiate touchdown in the opener 11 at Illinois State while averaging 39.9 yards... landed three in- against Hampton when he returned an interception 12 yards for a side the 20-yard line and converted all three extra point attempts... touchdown... also forced a fumble that Ryan Demming picked up averaged 34.4 yards on eight punts versus South Dakota State and scored a touchdown on... finished with four tackles... named and made both extra points... averaged 32.5 yards on four punts Honorable Mention performer by the College Football Performance at Youngstown State, made both extra points but missed a 40-yard Awards... shared on three tackles, including a sack, against Quin- field goal... averaged 39.8 yards on five punts against Missouri cy... recorded eight tackles (six solos) and a sack at Minnesota... State but had one blocked and returned for a TD... made 3-of-4 also recovered the first fumble of his career and broke up two pass- extra points but also had one blocked... averaged 22.7 yards on es... named Honorable Mention performer by the College Football six punts versus Southern Illinois, and had his field goal attempt Performance Awards following the Minnesota game... six tackles at blocked and returned for a touchdown... converted all three extra UNLV... 2.5 tackles for a loss, six total tackles, and broke-up two points and averaged 30.8 yards on four punts... launched two of his passes against South Dakota... also recovered a muffed punt snap four punts inside the 20-yard line at Northern Iowa... set a personal- and returned it 11 yards for a touchdown... named Honorable Men- best kicking two field goals at UNI... received the MVFC Commis- tion performer by the College Football Performance Awards follow- sioner’s Academic Excellence Award. ing the South Dakota game... six tackles and shared on one for a CAREER-HIGH EXTRA POINTS: 6 vs. VALPARAISO (8/28/14) loss at Illinois State... four solo tackles and a pass break-up versus CAREER-LONG PUNT: 65 at Minnesota (9/14/13) South Dakota State... snapped Kurt Hess’ streak of 157 pass at- CAREER-LONG FIELD GOAL: 37 (2x) at UNI (11/23/13) tempts without an interception at Youngstown State... added six tackles and shared on one for a loss... matched career-high of nine tackles (eight solos) versus Missouri State... also had 2.0 TFL #7 LANCE LENOIR, JR. and recovered a fumble... named Honorable Mention performer by the College Football Performance Awards following the Missouri SOPH/WR SOPHOMORE (2014): Caught three passes for 53 yards ver- State game... shared team-high honors with eight tackles against sus Valparaiso... caught two passes for 14 yards at Wisconsin... Southern Illinois... set career-highs at Indiana State in tackles (10), matched a personal-best with seven catches (totaling 68 yards) TFL (2.5) and sacks (2.0)... also forced the fumble that Western against Drake... added 36 yards on three kickoff returns in the win... recovered to secure the victory and had a pass break-up... named career-highs of 11 receptions for 115 yards at Northwestern. Honorable Mention by the College Football Performance Awards FRESHMAN (2013): MVFC All-Newcomer Team... only one of following the Indiana State game... recorded four solo tackles at two true-freshmen on the team to play... started in all 12 games... Northern Iowa, and returned an interception 30 yards for a touch- became first Leatherneck freshman to lead the team in season re- down... recorded a solo tackle for loss... named Honorable Mention ceiving yards finishing with 489... second on the team with 39 re- by the College Football Performance Awards following the North- ceptions... team-leading seven touchdown catches - most ever by ern Iowa game... named to the MVFC Academic Honor Roll. a Leatherneck freshman and was the second-highest total nation- CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 10 at Indiana State (11/16/13) ally by a freshman... tied for ninth on the WIU season ‘Top 10’ list CAREER-HIGH TFL: 2.5 on two occasions for touchdown receptions... led the Leathernecks with five catch- CAREER-HIGH SACKS: 2.0 at Indiana State (11/16/13) es in his debut game against Hampton, finished with 29 yards... CAREER-HIGH INTERCEPTIONS: 1 on four occasions caught two passes for 16 yards against Quincy... game-high five CAREER TOUCHDOWNS: vs. Hampton (8/29/13, INT); vs. South catches totaling 54 yards at Minnesota and caught his first colle- Dakota (9/28/13, FR); at Northern Iowa (11/23/13, INT) giate TD (11 yards), to put Western ahead in the third quarter... played and started at UNLV, recording an 8-yard rush... caught a 4-yard pass against South Dakota... recorded seven catches for #33 NATHAN KNUFFMAN 105 yards and TDs (both in third quarter) at Illinois State... had a TD SOPH/P-K catch of 42 and 13 yards while recording first 100-yard game in 12 SOPHOMORE (2014): Made a 24-yard field goal and converted contests by Western... played against South Dakota State... team- all six extra point attempts versus Valparaiso... had one punt for leading 86 receiving yards and a touchdown (on four receptions) at 41 yards (net)... punted seven times posting a 43.4 average and Youngstown State... caught four passes for 57 yards against Mis- kicked a 29-yard FG at Wisconsin... went 5-for-5 on extra points, souri State, including a 19-yard touchdown... matched a season- kicked a 20-yard FG, and averaged 32.8 yards on four punts in the high of two touchdowns against Southern Illinois, totaling 62 yards Drake contest... averaged 36.5 yards on four punts at Northwest- on four receptions... caught a 5-yard pass at Indiana State... six ern but had a field goal and punt blocked in the game. receptions totaling 71 yards at Northern Iowa, including a long of 25 REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN (2013): Handled all the punting, kicking yards... also had a 56-yard kickoff return in the contest. and kickoff duties... Hit 4-of-5 extra points in his Leatherneck de- CAREER-HIGH RECEPTIONS: 11 at NORTHWESTERN (9/20/14) but against Hampton... averaged 36.4 yards on his seven punts, CAREER-HIGH RECEIVING YARDS: 115 at NORTHWESTERN (9/20/14) including a long of 54 yards, and placed four of those inside the CAREER-HIGH TOUCHDOWNS: 2 on two occasions 15-yard line... had two field goal attempts blocked... averaged 46 yards on three punts, including a long of 51 yards, against Quincy... named Honorable Mention by the College Football Performance Awards for his punting efforts... missed a field goal and went 4-of-5 on extra points against QU... averaged 40.9 yards on his nine punts 18 WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL NOTES SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

#22 DAVID McDANIEL #25 DALLAS NICHOLS SR/DB SR/DB SENIOR (2014): Led the team with nine tackles against Valpara- SENIOR (2014): Made his first start as a Leatherneck in the opener iso and came up with an interception that led to a touchdown... versus Valparaiso... came up with three tackles and a pass break- five tackles (one shared for a loss) at Wisconsin... six tackles and up in the contest... seven tackles and intercepted a pass at Wis- blocked a punt that was recovered for a touchdown in the win over consin. Drake... also broke up a pass in the game... four assisted tackles CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 11 at UNLV (9/21/13) at Northwestern. CAREER-HIGH INTERCEPTIONS: 1 on two occasions JUNIOR (2013): Started in all 12 games... third on the team mak- CAREER-HIGH TOUCHDOWNS: 1 vs. Hampton (8/29/13, INT) ing 68 tackles... tied for third on the team with two interceptions... recorded four tackles in the opening win over Hampton... led West- ern making seven tackles (including six solos) and one for a loss #14 TRENTON NORVELL against Quincy... broke up a pass in the victory... made seven tackles at Minnesota and forced a fumble at the goal line that pre- SOPH/QB vented a Gophers score... three tackles at UNLV... four of his five SOPHOMORE (2014): Set career-highs in yards (320), comple- tackles against South Dakota were solo stops... blocked a punt, tion percentage (.714) and matched his best output in TD passes recovered a fumble and registered six tackles at Illinois State... (4) in the opener versus Valparaiso... completed 20-of-28 passes, both big plays led to a Western touchdown... Honorable Mention finding nine different receivers in the game... named CFPA Honor- accolade from the College Football Performance Awards following able Mention following the Valpo game... 13-of-21 passing with an the ISU game... recorded six tackles and an interception versus interception totaling 108 yards at Wisconsin... against Drake went South Dakota State... six tackles at Youngstown State... recorded 15-of-22 passing for 205 yards and a touchdown with two intercep- an interception (15 return yards) and made four tackles against tions... rushed six times for 33 yards and a score... career-high Missouri State... recorded seven tackles against Southern Illinois 29 pass completions (on 49 attempts) for 292 yards and a TD at (six solos)... five tackles at Indiana State, including one for a loss... Northwestern. made eight tackles (seven solos) at Northern Iowa. REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN (2013): Named Missouri Valley Foot- CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 10 vs. Northern Iowa (11/3/12) ball Conference ‘All-Newcomer Team’... named to the MVFC CAREER-HIGH INTERCEPTIONS: 1 on seven occasions Academic Honor Roll... started all 12 games at quarterback... set CAREER-HIGH TOUCHDOWNS: 1 vs. Indiana St. (10/20/12)… WIU freshman records of 2,140 passing yards, 16 touchdowns, (fumble recovery in endzone) 195 pass completions and 384 pass attempts... finished 50th na- tionally in TD passes and 74th in total offense... ranked 54th in passing yards... 14-of-24 passes in his debut versus Hampton, totaling 84 yards... rushed for seven times totaling eight yards, #9 QUADARIAS MIRELES including a 1-yard touchdown plunge... finished 24-of-34 for 278 JR/WR yards and two TDs against Quincy... recorded most passing yards JUNIOR (2014): Caught a 5-yard pass against Valpo... caught an- in two years and completed the most passes in three seasons... other behind the line, and officially took the run 33 yards into Valpo four pass plays of 20-plus yards in the victory as the offense did territory... played at Wisconsin... recorded a 71-yard touchdown not commit a turnover in the second straight game... named Mis- catch in the win over Drake, the longest pass reception in three souri Valley Football Conference ‘Newcomer of the Week’ for years... career-high five passes totaling 64 yards at Northwestern. his performance against Quincy... completed 11-of-23 passes for CAREER-HIGH RECEPTIONS: 5 at NORTHWESTERN (9/20/14) 162 yards and two scores at Minnesota... matched season-high in CAREER-HIGH REC. YARDS: 71 vs. DRAKE (9/13/14) TDs and offense did not commit a turnover... completed 13-of-33 CAREER-HIGH TOUCHDOWNS: 1 vs. DRAKE (9/13/14) passes at UNLV for 141 yards and a touchdown... did commit his first turnovers of the year following two interceptions in thesec- ond half... went 11-of-23 passing for 102 yards and a touchdown #28 DEVON MOORE against South Dakota... named to the CFPA National Freshman Performer of the Year watch list... threw three TD passes at Illinois SOPH/RB State, finishing 11-of-28 for 139 yards and an interception late in SOPHOMORE (2014): Played against Valparaiso, rushing for 37 the game... went 9-of-23 with four interceptions totaling 118 yards yards on six attempts with a touchdown... saw action against Wis- versus South Dakota State... 19-of-32 passing at Youngstown State consin, a 2-yard rush... recorded two rush attempts for eight yards with 176 yards, a touchdown passing and rushing, but threw an in- and a touchdown... three yards on three attempts at Northwestern. terception in the final seconds... gained 15 yards on 11 rushing at- CAREER-HIGH RUSH YARDS: 37 vs. VALPARAISO (8/28/14) tempts... career-high four TD passes against Missouri State on 20- CAREER-HIGH RUSH TDs: 1 on two occasions of-36 passing for 269 yards... also gained 10 yards on the ground... named Missouri Valley Football Conference ‘Co-Newcomer of the Week’ following the Missouri State game... completed a season- #95 MICK NELSON high 25 passes on 50 attempts versus Southern Illinois, totaling R-FR/DL 277 yards and two touchdowns... completed 15-of-27 for 142 yards REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN (2014): Made three tackles and finished and an interception at Indiana State... was 23-of-51 passing for 252 with 1.5 tackles for a loss in his debut against Valparaiso.. played yards and three interceptions... rushed seven times for 24 yards... at Wisconsin... had a 3-yard sack against Drake and recovered a transferred to Western Illinois from Cincinnati during the summer. fumble to close out the victory... played at Northwestern. CAREER-HIGH COMPLETIONS: 29 at NORTHWESTERN (9/20/14) CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 3 vs. VALPARAISO (8/28/14) CAREER-HIGH ATTEMPTS: 50 vs. Southern Illinois (11/2/13) CAREER-HIGH TFL: 1.5 vs. VALPARAISO (8/28/14) CAREER-HIGH YARDS: 320 vs. VALPARAISO (8/28/14) CAREER-HIGH TOUCHDOWNS: 4 vs. VALPARAISO (8/28/14); vs. Missouri State (10/26/13) @WIUFootball • #W1U 19 WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL NOTES SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

#43 J.J. RAFFELSON a pass break-up in the Southern Illinois game... recorded seven tackles, including 2.0 for a loss, at Indiana State... three of his four JR/LB tackles at Northern Iowa were solo stops. TEAM CAPTAIN CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 14 vs. Youngstown St. (11/10/12) JUNIOR (2014): Finished with seven tackles in the opener versus CAREER-HIGH TFL: 2.0 at Indiana State (11/16/13) Valparaiso... received an ovation from his teammates when he CAREER-HIGH INTERCEPTIONS: 2 vs. Hampton (8/29/13) proposed to his girlfriend Heather Smith (former WIU volley- ball player) on the field after the game and she said yes... made four tackles at Wisconsin... season-high eight tackles in the Drake contest... season-high 10 tackles (led team) at Northwestern... re- #19 HI-C SCOTT corded a tackle for loss. SR/WR SOPHOMORE (2013): Preseason All-Missouri Valley Football SENIOR (2014): Matched a career-high with two TD receptions Conference... started in all six games... despite playing just half a during the season-opener versus Valparaiso... caught four passes season still finished fifth on the team in tackles with 59... broke up for 67 yards in the contest... team-leading six catches for 63 yards a pass and had a quarterback hurry... missed the first two games at Wisconsin... caught three passes for 27 yards versus Drake... re- with an injury... returned to the line-up at Minnesota, earning the turned three punts for 40 yards (long of 23) in the game... matched start, and recorded a game-high 11 tackles... made nine tackles career-high of six receptions totaling 47 yards at Northwestern... and broke up a pass at UNLV... season-high 12 tackles against 19 punt return yards on four attempts and averaged 28.0 yards on South Dakota... led the defense making 11 tackles at Illinois State two kickoff returns. and shared on one for a loss... matched career-high of 13 tackles JUNIOR (2013): Came up with two catches totaling seven yards versus South Dakota State... three solo tackles and a quarterback in his Leatherneck debut against Hampton... recorded five catches hurry at Youngstown State... missed the remainder of the season for 95 yards and a TD in the Quincy win... caught two passes total- following the YSU game due to an injury... named to the MVFC ing 12 yards at Minnesota... made two receptions for 27 yards at Academic Honor Roll. UNLV... caught three passes totaling 46 yards, including a long of CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 13 on four occasions 32, versus South Dakota... one catch for eight yards at Illinois State before leaving with an injury... caught a 19-yard pass against South Dakota State... two catches for 22 yards at Youngstown State... career-high two TD catches against Missouri State as he recorded #98 GAVIN RICKETTS his first-ever 100-yard game... ended with 104 yards on four catch- JR/DL es, three of those going for 30-plus yards... named Missouri Val- JUNIOR (2014): Shared on five tackles versus Valparaiso and end- ley Football Conference ‘Co-Newcomer of the Week’ following ed with 2.0 TFL... solo tackle at Wisconsin... came up with a 7-yard the Missouri State game... caught four passes for 31 yards against sack against Drake... five tackles at Northwestern. Southern Illinois... in the win at Indiana State, five receptions for 53 SOPHOMORE (2013): Recorded three assisted tackles (including yards... 24-yard catch at Northern Iowa. one for a loss) versus Hampton... recorded 2.0 sacks in the victory CAREER-HIGH REC YARDS: 104 vs. Missouri State (10/26/13) over Quincy, became the first Leatherneck in three years tofin- CAREER-HIGH RECEPTIONS: 6 on two occasions ish with at least 2.0 sacks in a game... played at Minnesota... saw CAREER-HIGH TOUCHDOWNS: 2 vs. VALPARAISO (8/28/14); vs. action at UNLV... played against South Dakota... played at Illinois Missouri State (10/26/13) State... earned his first collegiate start versus South Dakota State and finished with a career-high four tackles... played at Youngstown State... career-high eight tackles versus Missouri State, including one for a loss, and forced a fumble... played against Southern Il- #23 JOSH SMITH linois... played at Indiana State... played at Northern Iowa. R-FR/DB CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 8 vs. Missouri State (10/26/13) REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN (2014): Recorded four tackles in his CAREER-HIGH SACKS: 2 vs. Quincy (9/7/13) Leatherneck debut versus Valparaiso... played at Wisconsin... three tackles against Drake... played at Northwestern. CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 4 vs. VALPARAISO (8/28/14) #4 JONATHON ROLLINS SR/DB #42 MYLES SPEARMAN SENIOR (2014): Missed the season-opener, ending a streak of 23 consecutive starts... eight tackles (five solos) at Wisconsin... sea- R-FR/DB son-high nine tackles against Drake, including seven solos... eight REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN (2014): Saw action in the Valparaiso tackles at Northwestern. game... played at Wisconsin... earned his first collegiate start JUNIOR (2013): Preseason Second Team All-MVFC by College against Drake and finished with a team-high 11 tackles... broke up Sports Madness... started in all 12 games... fourth on the team two passes in the victory... assisted tackle at Northwestern. making 66 tackles... two interceptions, three pass break-ups and CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 11 vs. DRAKE (9/13/14) forced a fumble... recorded the first two interceptions (1 yd) of his CAREER-HIGH PASS BREAK-UPS: 2 vs. DRAKE (9/13/14) career in the opening win over Hampton... named Honorable Men- tion performer by the College Football Performance Awards... two tackles and shared on a sack against Quincy... recorded season- high 10 tackles at Minnesota, including six solos... made four tack- les and shared on one for a loss at UNLV... seven tackles in the win over South Dakota... made 11 tackles at Illinois State, including a 5-yarder for a loss, sharing in team-leading honors... eight tack- les versus South Dakota State... made six tackles (five solos) with 20 WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL NOTES SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

#44 BRETT TAYLOR R-FR/LB REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN (2014): Recorded seven tackles during the second half of his debut versus Valparaiso... played at Wis- consin... assisted on four tackles against Drake... played at North- western. CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 7 vs. VALPARAISO (8/28/14)

#46 LUKE VENEGONI SR/LB SENIOR (2014): Made eight tackles in the opener against Val- paraiso, one shy of the team-lead... shared on a TFL... seven tack- les, including two for a loss, at Wisconsin... made a key stop on fourth down for no gain inside the WIU 10 to end a Badger drive... season-high nine tackles (seven solos) against Drake and shared game-high honors with two pass break-ups... matched season- high of nine tackles at Northwestern. JUNIOR (2013): Recorded six tackles against Hampton... made a solo tackle against Quincy... played at Minnesota... recorded a 4-yard sack, part of his four total tackles, against South Dakota... had a 9-yard sack in the first quarter of the Illinois State game... two solo tackles, including one for a yard loss, against South Dakota State... shared team-high honors with season-high eight tackles at Youngstown State... made seven tackles (five solos) versus Mis- souri State, including one for a loss... shared team-high honors with eight tackles against Southern Illinois... finished with eight tackles, a sack, and an interception at Indiana State... made four solo tack- les at Northern Iowa. CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 11 at South Dakota (10/6/12) CAREER-HIGH INTERCEPTIONS: 1 on two occasions

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LT 70 TYLER BODE (6-7, 325, Jr) DE 50 GINO DURLEY, JR. (6-2, 260, Sr) 77 James Torgerson (6-5, 290, R-Fr) 13 Jeremy Curry (6-3, 245, Sr)

LG 63 RYAN RICKETTS (6-3, 290, Jr) T 92 KRIS HARLEY (6-1, 290, Jr) 58 Mitchell Wallin (6-5, 325, R-Fr) 90 Jean-Marc Charles (6-4, 265, Jr)

C 67 BRANDON DE LA CRUZ (6-3, 290, Jr) N 98 GAVIN RICKETTS (6-1, 290, Jr) 61 Eddie Atkinson (6-4, 270, Soph) 95 Mick Nelson (6-3, 275, R-Fr)

RG 68 SEAN SULLIVAN (6-2, 300, Jr) DE 99 EDDY HOLTSCHLAG (6-4, 255, Jr) 59 Sam Kachanuk (6-3, 315, Sr) 71 Chip Holtschlag (6-2, 225, Sr)

RT 73 MATT ZOBRIST (6-3, 290, Soph) SLB 17 KEVIN KINTZEL (6-2, 230, Sr) 72 Jordan Detweiler (6-5, 295, R-Fr) 35 Adam Brott (6-2, 225, R-Fr)

QB 14 TRENTON NORVELL (6-5, 220, Soph) MLB 43 J.J. RAFFELSON (6-3, 235, Jr) 16 Devin O’Hara (6-5, 190, R-Fr) 44 Brett Taylor (6-2, 230, R-Fr)

RB 2 J.C. BAKER (5-8, 190, Sr) WLB 46 LUKE VENEGONI (6-3, 235, Sr) 11 Kyle Hammonds (5-7, 165, Jr) 12 Demetrius Allen (6-0, 225, Jr) -or- 28 Devon Moore (6-2, 220, Soph) CB 22 DAVID McDANIEL (5-11, 190, Sr) TE 39 LARRY HARRIS (6-1, 230, Jr) 3 Richard Chungong (6-0, 185, Sr) 81 Ben Arnold (6-5, 230, R-Fr) 10 Marquette Privott (6-2, 195, Sr) -or- 83 Cole Griffin (6-4, 255, Jr) FS 42 MYLES SPEARMAN (5-11, 185, R-Fr) WR 7 LANCE LENOIR, JR. (6-0, 190, Soph) 29 Aaron Diggs (6-1, 195, Fr) 15 J’Vaughn Williams (6-5, 200, Soph) SS 4 JONATHON ROLLINS (5-11, 200, Sr) WR 1 JOEY BORSELLINO (5-11, 195, Soph) 23 Josh Smith (5-10, 195, R-Fr) 9 Quadarias Mireles (5-11, 190, Jr) -or- 38 David Griffith (5-11, 200, Fr)

WR 19 HI-C SCOTT (5-9, 190, Sr) CB 5 MARTINEZ DAVIS (5-10, 190, Sr) 86 Adam Hoogerwerf (5-11, 175, R-Fr) 8 Luis Sharpe (6-2, 195, Jr)

PK 33 NATHAN KNUFFMAN (6-1, 205, Soph) PR 19 Hi-C Scott 49 Ryan Mulhern (5-10, 165, R-Fr) KR 11 Kyle Hammonds, 7 Lance Lenoir SNAP 99 Eddy Holtschlag, 57 Gabe Burkhardt (6-4, 230, Fr) P 33 NATHAN KNUFFMAN (6-1, 205, Soph) HOLD 17 Kevin Kintzel; 80 Nick Schroeder (6-1, 200, R-Fr) 31 Luke Otto (5-11, 225, Fr)

Opponent LT LG C RG RT QB RB WR WR WR TE/WR VALPO Bode R.Ricketts De La Cruz Sullivan Zobrist Norvell Baker Borsellino Lenoir Scott Hill WISC Bode R.Ricketts De La Cruz Sullivan Zobrist Norvell Baker Borsellino Lenoir Scott Hill DRAKE Bode R.Ricketts De La Cruz Sullivan Zobrist Norvell Baker Borsellino Lenoir Scott Williams N'WSTRN Bode R.Ricketts De La Cruz Sullivan Zobrist Norvell Baker Borsellino Lenoir Scott Mireles SIU NDSU YSU ILLST UNI USD SDSU INDST

Opponent DE DT NT DE SLB MLB WLB/DB CB FS SS CB VALPO Durley, Jr. Harley G.Ricketts E.Holtschlag Allen Raffelson Venegoni Davis McDaniel Nichols Chungong WISC Durley, Jr. Harley G.Ricketts E.Holtschlag Kintzel Raffelson Venegoni Davis McDaniel Rollins Chungong DRAKE Durley, Jr. Harley G.Ricketts E.Holtschlag Kintzel Raffelson Venegoni Davis Spearman Rollins McDaniel N'WSTRN Durley, Jr. Harley G.Ricketts E.Holtschlag Kintzel Raffelson Venegoni Davis Spearman Rollins McDaniel SIU NDSU YSU ILLST UNI USD SDSU INDST

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Valparaiso 6 Western Illinois 3 Western Illinois 45 #18 Wisconsin 37 August 28, 2014 Hanson Field September 6, 2014 Camp Randall Stadium MACOMB, Ill. – A lightning delay to start the game did not damper MADISON, Wis. – Western Illinois carried momentum into half- Western Illinois in its season-opener. WIU scored on its opening drive time, kicking a field goal as time expired to make it a one score game, and cruised to a 45-6 season-opening football win over Valparaiso at but No. 18 ranked Wisconsin pulled away in the second half. It marked Hanson Field. The Fighting Leathernecks won their season-opener for Western’s first game against a nationally-ranked FBS team since taking the third straight season and fifth time in their last six. on then No. 11-ranked LSU during the 2003 season. Trenton Norvell set a career-high throwing for 320 yards on 20- Western won the coin flip and elected to receive. The kickoff was of-28 passing. He matched a career-high throwing four touchdowns. fumbled by Kyle Hammonds and originally ruled down in the endzone It marked the first time in three years that a Leatherneck quarterback for a touchback. On review, it was determined the ball entered the field threw for more than 300 yards in a game. and Wisconsin was awarded a safety. J.C. Baker registered his eighth career 100-yard rushing game, At halftime, Western was out-gained overall 198-128, but only totaling 137 yards on 17 attempts. His two total TDs (1 rushing/1 receiv- 73-to-63 on the ground. The Badgers defense allowed just two first ing) matched a personal-best. downs over the final 30 minutes to pull away. Overall, Wisconsin held Hi-C Scott also matched a career-high with two touchdown recep- a 456-162 edge in total offense. The Leathernecks held one of the top tions, netting 67 yards on four catches. Norvell completed a pass to rushing teams in the country to 167 yards – and limited Melvin Gordon nine different receivers. Joey Borsellino also caught four passes for to only 38 yards on 17 attempts. 59 yards. Lance Lenoir had 53 yards and Adam Hoogerwerf recorded GAME NOTES – That was the first safety allowed by Western 40 yards. since the UNI game in 2012… Dallas Nichols recorded his second David McDaniel added a team-high nine tackles with his intercep- career interception… Nathan Knuffman kicked a field goal for the third tion. Luke Venegoni had eight tackles while J.J. Raffelson and Brett consecutive game dating back to last year. He had three all last year, Taylor added seven stops. Taylor, in his first collegiate game, also including two in the season-finale. His 43.4 average was a career-best forced a fumble. with four or more punts in a game.… The 77,125 in attendance marked the fourth-largest crowd Western played in front of. VALPARAISO 0 0 0 6 - 6 WESTERN ILLINOIS 14 10 14 7 - 45 WESTERN ILLINOIS 0 3 0 0 - 3 (Attendance: 3,584; Temp. 71, light rain) WISCONSIN 2 7 14 14 - 37 (Attendance: 77,125; Temp. 65, sunny) Qu Time Play Score 1 12:01 Baker 6 run (Knuffman kick) 0-7 Qu Time Play Score 1 00:00 Harris 9 pass from Norvell (Knuffman kick) 0-14 1 14:59 Team safety 0-2 2 09:31 Scott 17 pass from Norvell (Knuffman kick) 0-21 2 02:16 McEvoy 7 run (Gaglianone kick) 0-9 2 00:21 Knuffman 24 FG 0-24 2 00:00 Knuffman 29 FG 3-9 3 08:07 Scott 38 pass from Norvell (Knuffman kick) 0-31 3 09:18 Ramesh 3 pass from McEvoy (Gaglianone kick) 3-16 3 06:32 Baker 40 pass from Norvell (Knuffman kick) 0-38 3 06:19 Gordon 8 pass from McEvoy (Gaglianone kick) 3-23 4 11:56 Moore 10 run (Knuffman kick) 0-45 4 07:47 Erickson 10 pass from McEvoy (Gaglianone kick) 3-30 4 02:33 Hall 2 run (Newman kick blocked) 6-45 4 03:42 Clement 6 pass from houston (Gaglianone kick) 3-37

STATISTICS VALPO WESTERN STATISTICS WESTERN WISC First Downs 18 26 First Downs 11 25 Rushing Attempts 36 39 Rushing Attempts 30 30 Rushing Yards 102 273 Rushing Yards 54 167 Attempts-Completions-Int. 35-21-1 28-20-0 Attempts-Completions-Int. 21-13-1 29-24-1 Passing Yards 174 320 Passing Yards 108 289 TOTAL OFFENSE 277 593 TOTAL OFFENSE 162 456 Punts-Average 6-31.8 1-41.0 Punts-Average 7-43.4 2-45.0 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 3-1 1-0 Penalties-Yards 2-15 10-103 Penalties-Yards 5-36 4-38 Sacks By-Yards 0-0 0-0 Sacks By-Yards 1-6 2-9 3rd Down Conversions 6-18 6-12 3rd Down Conversions 4-11 6-12 4th Down Conversions 3-5 2-3 4th Down Conversions 0-0 2-3 Time of Possession 35:12 24:48 Time of Possession 24:40 35:20

RUSHING: VALPO: Hall 14-64, TD; Lehman 5-15; Hutson 8-14; Bastin RUSHING: WESTERN - Baker 22-60; Hammonds 2-4; Moore 1-2; 8-13; Staal 1-(-)3. WESTERN - Baker 17-137, TD; Hammonds 10-56; Norvell 4-0; TM 1-(-)12. WISC - Clement 9-57; McEvoy 9-55, TD; Gordon Moore 6-37, TD; Mireles 1-33; Sanders 2-9; Norvell 1-2; O’Hara 2-(-)1. 17-38; Spurling 2-8; Doe 1-5; Houston 1-4. PASSING: VALPO - Lehman 27-18-1, 151; Staal 8-3-0, 23. WEST- PASSING: WESTERN - Norvell 21-13-1, 108. WISC - McEvoy ERN - Norvell 28-20-0, 320, 4TD. 28-23-1, 283, 3TD; Houston 1-1-0, 6, TD. RECEIVING: VALPO - Kuramata 7-76; Cassara 3-38; Shea 3-20; RECEIVING: WESTERN - Scott 6-63; Williams 2-27; Lenoir 2-14; Hill Taibi 2-11; Hutson 2-7; Bastin 2-2; Etzler 1-15; Hall 1-5. WESTERN - 2-5; Baker 1-(-)1. WISC - Erickson 10-122, TD; Arneson 4-87; Gordon Scott 4-67, 2TD; Borsellino 4-59; Lenoir 3-53; Hoogerwerf 3-40; Harris 4-22, TD; Clement 3-35, TD; Rushing 1-10; Fumagalli 1-10; Ramesh 2-22, TD; Baker 1-40, TD; Hammonds 1-27; Hill 1-7; Mireles 1-5. 1-3, TD. TACKLES: VALPO - Hall 10; Graham 9; Nunes 7; Green 7. TACKLES: WESTERN - Davis 10; Kintzel 9; Rollins 8; Nichols 7; WESTERN - McDaniel 9; Venegoni 8; Raffelson 7; Taylor 7; Griffith 5; Venegoni 7; McDaniel 5. WISC - Trotter 6; Landisch 6; Adeyanju 5; G.Ricketts 5. Biegel 4. @WIUFootball • #W1U 23 WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL NOTES SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

Drake 13 Western Illinois 7 Western Illinois 38 Northwestern 24 September 13, 2014 Hanson Field September 20, 2014 Ryan Field MACOMB, Ill. – Western used two big plays in the second half to EVANSTON, Ill. - Western Illinois out-gained Northwestern in turn a four-point halftime lead into a 38-13 victory over Drake. the statistics, but the Wildcats came away with a 24-7 victory at Ryan Western allowed only one Drake first down during its first two Field. drives of the third quarter. Western took advantage of great field posi- The Fighting Leathernecks held a near 100-yard advantage in tion thanks to Hi-C Scott’s 23-yard punt return to the Drake 34. total yards (376-283), limited NU to 3-of-14 on third down conversions, The Leathernecks needed nine plays to reach the endzone fol- and held a near six minute edge in time of possession (32:57-27:03). lowing Devon Moore’s 3-yard scoring run. Western found the endzone However, the Wildcats turned two of Western’s four turnovers into 10 again just 90 second later in the third quarter. points and came up with a key blocked field goal as the first half expired David McDaniel broke through the line and blocked Cam Bohnert’s to pull out the victory in the first-ever meeting between the programs. punt attempt. Brad Blumenshine scooped up the loose ball and scored Trenton Norvell completed a career-high 29 passes (on 49 at- his first collegiate touchdown on a 30-yard return.Nathan Knuffman’s tempts) for 292 yards and a touchdown with his interception. He nearly extra point made it 28-10. matched the most completions by a Leatherneck quarterback since On the second play of the fourth quarter, Knuffman kicked a 20- Sam Clemons (30) in 2001, and almost accounted for his second career yard FG. Drake staged a 16-play drive, getting down to the Western 300-yard passing game. four. Going for it on 4th-and-goal from the 14, Eddy Holtschlag came Lance Lenoir, Jr. set career-highs recording 11 receptions totaling up with a key sack and Western took over on downs. 115 yards. During the next drive, Trenton Norvell dropped back to pass Hi-C Scott equaled his personal-high of six catches totaling 47 and found a wide-open Quadarias Mireles for a career-long 71-yard yards. Quadarias Mireles was the third Leatherneck receiver to improve touchdown pass to put the game away. on their game-high total reception total, recording five catches for 64 WIU broke up 11 passes and the 7.0 sacks were the most since yards. recording seven in a game in October 2002. J.J. Raffelson made a season-high 10 tackles. Kevin Kintzel, Gino Durley, Jr., and Luke Venegoni added nine tackles each. DRAKE 0 10 0 3 - 13 WESTERN ILLINOIS 14 0 14 10 - 38 WESTERN ILLINOIS 7 0 0 0 - 7 (Attendance: 9,445; Temp. 59, sunny) NORTHWESTERN 7 7 7 3 - 24 (Attendance: 32,016; Temp. 68, partly cloudy) Qu Time Play Score 1 10:33 Norvell 7 run (Knuffman kick) 0-7 Qu Time Play Score 1 02:36 Hammonds 1 run (Knuffman kick) 0-14 1 12:24 Vault 1 run (Mitchell PAT) 0-7 2 03:02 Hudson 10 pass from Thibault (Tesson kick) 7-14 1 09:09 Borsellino 4 pass from Norvell (Knuffman PAT) 7-7 2 00:00 Tesson 43 FG 10-14 2 10:54 Vault 11 run (Mitchell PAT) 7-14 3 05:04 Moore 3 run (Knuffman kick) 10-21 3 09:39 Jackson 21 run (Mitchell PAT) 7-21 3 03:55 Blumenshine 30 block punt rtn (Knuffman kick) 10-28 4 02:09 Mitchell 28 FG 7-24 4 14:50 Knuffman 20 FG 10-31 4 07:56 Mireles 71 pass from Norvell (Knuffman kick) 10-38 STATISTICS WESTERN NU 4 04:15 Tesson 35 FG 13-38 First Downs 22 15 Rushing Attempts 36 41 STATISTICS DRAKE WESTERN Rushing Yards 84 166 First Downs 22 23 Attempts-Completions-Int. 50-29-1 25-15-0 Rushing Attempts 35 40 Passing Yards 292 117 Rushing Yards 60 218 TOTAL OFFENSE 376 283 Attempts-Completions-Int. 53-26-0 22-15-2 Punts-Average 5-29.2 7-44.1 Passing Yards 251 205 Fumbles-Lost 4-3 2-2 TOTAL OFFENSE 311 423 Penalties-Yards 6-40 5-35 Punts-Average 8-35.4 4-32.8 Sacks By-Yards 1-7 4-29 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1 3rd Down Conversions 4-17 3-14 Penalties-Yards 7-45 9-71 4th Down Conversions 2-5 1-2 Sacks By-Yards 1-1 7-40 Time of Possession 32:57 27:03 3rd Down Conversions 6-21 3-9 4th Down Conversions 1-3 0-1 RUSHING: WESTERN - Baker 20-83; Hammonds 4-20; Lenoir 1-9; Time of Possession 34:17 25:43 Moore 3-3; Norvell 8-(-)31. NU - Jackson 21-92, TD; Green 8-38; Vault 6-31; Shuler 3-14; TM 2-(-)2; Siemian 1-(-)7. RUSHING: DRAKE: Wilkins 16-66; James 7-22; McKeever 3-8; Thibault PASSING: WESTERN - Norvell 49-29-1, 292, TD; TM 1-0-0, 0. 4-(-)14; Rice 5-(-)22. WESTERN - Baker 20-130; Hammonds 10-40, TD; NU - Siemian 25-15-0, 117. Norvell 6-33, TD; Moore 2-8, TD; O’Hara 2-7. RECEIVING: WESTERN - Lenoir 11-115; Scott 6-47; Mireles PASSING: DRAKE - Rice 42-19-0, 153; Thibault 11-7-0, 98, TD. 5-64; Baker 3-20; Borsellino 2-24, TD; Williams 1-18; Acklin 1-4. NU - WESTERN - Norvell 22-15-2, 205, TD. Taylor 3-9; Vitale 2-15; Jackson 2-12; Green 2-10; G.Dickerson 1-21; RECEIVING: DRAKE - Menard 6-71; Snell 4-32; Hudson 3-34, TD; C.Dickerson 1-18; Prater 1-15; Carr 1-10; Shuler 1-4; Vault 1-3. Wilkins 3-20; James 3-19; Yarwood 2-40; Graf 2-17; Denning 2-10; TACKLES: WESTERN - Raffelson 10; Kintzel 9; Durley, Jr. 9; Ve- Saubert 1-8. WESTERN - Lenoir 7-68; Scott 3-27; Baker 2-19; Mireles negoni 9; Rollins 8. NU - Ariguzo 12; Harris 10; Henry 9. 1-71, TD; Borsellino 1-11; Hill 1-9. TACKLES: DRAKE - Quilico 13; Hugunin 10; Recker 6; Conerty 6. WESTERN - Spearman 11; Rollins 9; Venegoni 9; Raffelson 8. 24 WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL NOTES SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

TEAM WesternSTATS Illinois Football - OVERALL Western Illinois Overall Team Statistics (as of Sep 20, 2014) All games

Team Statistics WIU OPP SCORING 93 80 Points Per Game 23.2 20.0 Points Off Turnovers 133 40 FIRST DOWNS 82 80 R u s h in g 38 28 P a s s in g 38 45 P e n a lt y 6 7 RUSHING YARDAGE 629 496 Yards gained rushing 724 590 Yards lost rushing 95 94 Rushing Attempts 145 151 Average Per Rush 4.3 3.3 Average Per Game 157.2 124.0 TDs Rushing 5 5 PASSING YARDAGE 925 831 C o m p - A t t - I n t 77-121-4 86-142-2 Average Per Pass 7.6 5.9 Average Per Catch 12.0 9.7 Average Per Game 231.2 207.8 TDs Passing 6 5 TOTAL OFFENSE 1554 1327 Total Plays 266 293 Average Per Play 5.8 4.5 Average Per Game 388.5 331.8 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 14-234 15-247 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 10-125 4-28 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 2-7 4-46 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 16.7 16.5 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 12.5 7.0 INT RETURN AVERAGE 3.5 11.5 FUMBLES-LOST 8-5 6-3 PENALTIES-Yards 30-250 18-133 Average Per Game 62.5 33.2 PUNTS-Yards 17-622 23-873 Average Per Punt 36.6 38.0 Net punt average 33.8 31.7 KICKOFFS-Yards 19-1167 16-925 Average Per Kick 61.4 57.8 Net kick average 43.2 40.1 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 2 7 : 0 2 3 2 : 5 8 3RD-DOWN Conversions 17/49 21/65 3rd-Down Pct 35% 32% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4/9 7/13 4th-Down Pct 44% 54% SACKS BY-Yards 9-53 7-39 MISC YARDS 0 13 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 12 10 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 3-4 3-5 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-0 RED-ZONE SCORES (11-13) 85% (11-17) 65% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (8-13) 62% (9-17) 53% PAT-ATTEMPTS (12-12) 100% (9-10) 90% ATTENDANCE 13029 109141 Games/Avg Per Game 2/6514 2/54570 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Western Illinois 35 13 28 17 0 93 Opponents 9 24 21 26 0 80

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Rushing gp-gs att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg J.C. Baker 4 - 4 79 427 17 410 5.2 1 28 102.5 Hi-C Scott 9 86 9.6 0 27 Kyle Hammonds 4 - 0 26 121 1 120 4.6 1 15 30.0 David McDaniel 1 9 9.0 0 0 Devon Moore 4 - 0 12 50 0 50 4.2 2 10 12.5 Brad Blumenshine 0 30 0.0 1 30 Quadarias Mireles 4 - 1 1 33 0 33 33.0 0 33 8.2 Total 10 125 12.5 1 30 Lance Lenoir 4 - 4 1 9 0 9 9.0 0 9 2.2 Opponents 4 28 7.0 0 7 Devon Sanders 4 - 0 2 9 0 9 4.5 0 5 2.2 Devin O'Hara 2 - 0 4 18 12 6 1.5 0 11 3.0 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Trenton Norvell 4 - 4 19 57 53 4 0.2 1 27 1.0 David McDaniel 1 7 7.0 0 7 TEAM 4 - 0 1 0 12 -12 -12.0 0 0 -3.0 Dallas Nichols 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total 4 145 724 95 629 4.3 5 33 157.2 Total 2 7 3.5 0 7 Opponents 4 151 590 94 496 3.3 5 25 124.0 Opponents 4 46 11.5 0 27

Passing gp-gs effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Trenton Norvell 4 - 4 138.75 77-120-4 64.2 925 6 71 231.2 Lance Lenoir 6 87 14.5 0 21 TEAM 4 - 0 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Kyle Hammonds 5 68 13.6 0 26 Total 4 137.60 77-121-4 63.6 925 6 71 231.2 Hi-C Scott 2 56 28.0 0 28 Opponents 4 118.52 86-142-2 60.6 831 5 37 207.8 Adam Hoogerwerf 1 23 23.0 0 23 Total 14 234 16.7 0 28 Receiving gp-gs no. yds avg td lg avg/g Opponents 15 247 16.5 0 20 Lance Lenoir 4 - 4 23 250 10.9 0 33 62.5 Hi-C Scott 4 - 4 19 204 10.7 2 38 51.0 Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg Quadarias Mireles 4 - 1 7 140 20.0 1 71 35.0 Total 0 0 0.0 0 0 Joey Borsellino 4 - 4 7 94 13.4 1 33 23.5 Opponents 0 -6 0.0 0 0 J.C. Baker 4 - 4 7 78 11.1 1 40 19.5 Taylor Hill 3 - 2 4 21 5.2 0 9 7.0 J'Vaughn Williams 4 - 1 3 45 15.0 0 19 11.2 Adam Hoogerwerf 3 - 0 3 40 13.3 0 27 13.3 Larry Harris 4 - 0 2 22 11.0 1 13 5.5 Kyle Hammonds 4 - 0 1 27 27.0 0 27 6.8 Jaelon Acklin 1 - 0 1 4 4.0 0 4 4.0 Total 4 77 925 12.0 6 71 231.2 Opponents 4 86 831 9.7 5 37 207.8

26 WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL NOTES SOUTHERN ILLINOIS Western Illinois Football Western Illinois Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 20, 2014) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSAll games

PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Nathan Knuffman - 3-4 12-12 - - - - - 21 Trenton Norvell 4 139 4 925 929 232.2 Hi-C Scott 2 ------12 J.C. Baker 4 79 410 0 410 102.5 J.C. Baker 2 ------12 Kyle Hammonds 4 26 120 0 120 30.0 Devon Moore 2 ------12 Devon Moore 4 12 50 0 50 12.5 Trenton Norvell 1 ------6 Quadarias Mireles 4 1 33 0 33 8.2 Joey Borsellino 1 ------6 Devon Sanders 4 2 9 0 9 2.2 Quadarias Mireles 1 ------6 Lance Lenoir 4 1 9 0 9 2.2 Brad Blumenshine 1 ------6 Devin O'Hara 2 4 6 0 6 3.0 Larry Harris 1 ------6 TEAM 4 2 -12 0 -12 -3.0 Kyle Hammonds 1 ------6 Total 4 266 629 925 1554 388.5 Total 12 3-4 12-12 - - - - - 93 Opponents 4 293 496 831 1327 331.8 Opponents 10 3-5 9-10 - - - - 1 80

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Nathan Knuffman 3-4 75.0 0-0 3-3 0-0 0-1 0-0 29 1 Nathan Knuffman 16 622 38.9 58 1 5 3 1 0 TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 FG Sequence Western Illinois Opponents Total 17 622 36.6 58 1 5 3 1 1 Valparaiso (24) - Opponents 23 873 38.0 56 1 3 8 4 1 Wisconsin (29) 33 Drake (20) 37,(43),(35) Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln Northwestern 40 (28) Luke Otto 12 745 62.1 1 0 Nathan Knuffman 7 422 60.3 3 0 Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. Total 19 1167 61.4 4 0 16.5 43.2 21 Opponents 16 925 57.8 2 0 16.7 40.1 24

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Western Illinois Football DEFENSIVEWestern Illinois Overall STATISTICS Defensive Statistics (as of Sep 20, 2014) All games

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd # Defensive Leaders gp-gs ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 46 Luke Venegoni 4-4 15 18 33 3.0-8 0.5-2 . 3 . . . . . 43 J.J. Raffelson 4-4 12 17 29 1.5-1 ...... 4 Jonathon Rollins 3-3 17 8 25 1.5-6 ...... 22 David McDaniel 4-4 12 12 24 0.5-1 . 1-7 1 . . . 1 . 5 Martinez Davis 4-4 14 8 22 1.0-1 . . 4 . . . . . 17 Kevin Kintzel 3-3 13 7 20 1.5-5 . . 2 . 1-0 . . . 50 Gino Durley, Jr. 4-4 4 12 16 2.5-12 1.0-9 ...... 92 Kris Harley 4-4 9 4 13 3.0-6 0.5-1 ...... 42 Myles Spearman 4-2 8 5 13 . . . 2 . . . . . 99 Eddy Holtschlag 4-4 6 7 13 3.5-16 2.5-14 . 1 1 . . . . 98 Gavin Ricketts 4-4 3 9 12 3.5-12 1.0-7 ...... 44 Brett Taylor 4-0 2 9 11 ...... 1 . . 3 Richard Chungong 4-2 6 4 10 . . . 1 . . . . . 25 Dallas Nichols 2-1 4 6 10 0.5-0 . 1-0 1 . . . . . 38 David Griffith 4-0 4 5 9 ...... 71 Chip Holtschlag 4-0 . 8 8 0.5-3 0.5-3 ...... 23 Josh Smith 4-0 3 4 7 ...... 29 Aaron Diggs 3-0 3 3 6 . . . 3 . . . . . 13 Jeremy Curry 4-0 5 1 6 1.5-2 ...... 8 Luis Sharpe 4-0 4 2 6 ...... 12 Demetrius Allen 3-1 . 5 5 0.5-2 ...... 90 Jean-Marc Charles 4-0 3 1 4 1.0-7 1.0-7 . 1 . 1-0 1 . . 35 Adam Brott 2-0 1 3 4 1.0-7 1.0-7 ...... 95 Mick Nelson 4-0 2 2 4 2.5-5 1.0-3 . . . 1-0 . . . 10 Marquette Privott 4-0 1 1 2 ...... 9 Quadarias Mireles 4-1 2 . 2 ...... 27 Brad Blumenshine 4-0 1 . 1 ...... 20 Dwayne Phillips 4-0 1 . 1 ...... 73 Matt Zobrist 4-4 1 . 1 ...... 21 Devon Sanders 4-0 . 1 1 ...... TM TEAM 4-0 ...... 1 . 24 Eriq Baird 4-0 ...... 1 . . . . . Total 4 156 162 318 29-94 9-53 2-7 20 1 3-0 2 2 . Opponents 4 146 152 298 14-55 7-39 4-46 15 6 5--6 4 2 1

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Western Illinois Football TEAMWestern STATS Illinois By-Quarter - BY Statistics QUARTER (as of Sep 20, 2014) All games

3rd-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime Aug 28, 2014 VALPARAISO W 45-6 6-12 50.0 1-3 33.3 2-5 40.0 1-1 100.0 2-3 66.7 Sep 06, 2014 at Wisconsin L 3-37 4-11 36.4 2-3 66.7 1-3 33.3 0-2 0.0 1-3 33.3 Sep 13, 2014 DRAKE W 38-13 3-9 33.3 0-0 0.0 0-3 0.0 3-4 75.0 0-2 0.0 Sep 20, 2014 at Northwestern L 7-24 4-17 23.5 2-5 40.0 2-5 40.0 0-3 0.0 0-4 0.0 Western Illinois 17-49 34.7 5-11 45.5 5-16 31.2 4-10 40.0 3-12 25.0 0-0 0.0 Opponents 21-65 32.3 5-14 35.7 6-19 31.6 4-16 25.0 6-16 37.5 0-0 0.0

4th-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime Aug 28, 2014 VALPARAISO W 45-6 2-3 66.7 1-2 50.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Sep 06, 2014 at Wisconsin L 3-37 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Sep 13, 2014 DRAKE W 38-13 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0 Sep 20, 2014 at Northwestern L 7-24 2-5 40.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-2 0.0 1-2 50.0 Western Illinois 4-9 44.4 2-3 66.7 1-1 100.0 0-2 0.0 1-3 33.3 0-0 0.0 Opponents 7-13 53.8 0-0 0.0 2-6 33.3 3-3 100.0 2-4 50.0 0-0 0.0

Time of Possession

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime Aug 28, 2014 VALPARAISO W 45-6 24:48 8:52 5:59 4:20 5:37 Sep 06, 2014 at Wisconsin L 3-37 24:41 8:02 5:27 4:28 6:44 Sep 13, 2014 DRAKE W 38-13 25:43 8:28 5:05 9:01 3:09 Sep 20, 2014 at Northwestern L 7-24 32:57 7:27 11:22 7:49 6:19 Western Illinois Total 108:09 32:49 27:53 25:38 21:49 0:00 Avg. 27:02 8:12 6:58 6:24 5:27 0:00 Opponents Total 131:51 27:11 32:07 34:22 38:11 0:00 Avg. 32:57 6:47 8:01 8:35 9:32 0:00

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Western Illinois Football TEAM WesternSTATS Illinois Red-Zone - ResultsREDZONE (as of Sep 20, 2014) All games

Western Illinois Inside Opponent Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZ Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game Aug 28, 2014 VALPARAISO W 45-6 6 5 31 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Sep 06, 2014 at Wisconsin L 3-37 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Sep 13, 2014 DRAKE W 38-13 4 4 24 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 20, 2014 at Northwestern L 7-24 1 1 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 13 11 65 8 5 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 11 of 13 (84.6%)

Opponents Inside Western Illinois Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZ Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game Aug 28, 2014 VALPARAISO W 45-6 1 1 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 06, 2014 at Wisconsin L 3-37 7 5 35 5 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Sep 13, 2014 DRAKE W 38-13 5 2 10 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Sep 20, 2014 at Northwestern L 7-24 4 3 17 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 17 11 68 9 4 5 2 2 3 0 1 0 0 11 of 17 (64.7%)

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TEAM STATSWestern - COMPARISON Illinois Football Western Illinois Team Game-by-Game Comparison (as of Sep 20, 2014) All games

First Downs Rushing Passing Total Offense Return Turn- Opponent Score Total Rush Pass Pen Number-Yards Comp-Att-Int Yards Plays-Yards Yards Overs VALPARAISO 45 - 6 26 / 18 12 / 6 14 / 8 0 / 4 39-273 / 36-103 20-28-0 / 21-35-1 320 / 174 67-593 / 71-277 56 / 126 0 / 1 Wisconsin 3 - 37 11 / 25 6 / 8 4 / 17 1 / 0 30-54 / 39-167 13-21-1 / 24-29-1 108 / 289 51-162 / 68-456 104 / 46 2 / 1 DRAKE 38 - 13 23 / 22 11 / 7 8 / 13 4 / 2 40-218 / 35-60 15-22-2 / 26-53-0 205 / 251 62-423 / 88-311 115 / 124 3 / 1 Northwestern 7 - 24 22 / 15 9 / 7 12 / 7 1 / 1 36-84 / 41-166 29-50-1 / 15-25-0 292 / 117 86-376 / 66-283 91 / 19 4 / 2 Totals 93 - 80 82 / 80 38 / 28 38 / 45 6 / 7 145-629 / 151-496 77-121-4 / 86-142-2 925 / 831 266-1554 / 293-1327 366 / 315 9 / 5

3rd Down 4th Down Time of TOP Avg Avg Avg Punting Penalties Opponent Conversions Conversions Possession Margin Yds/Rush Yds/Pass Yds/Play Number-Avg Number-Yards Sacks VALPARAISO 6-12 / 6-18 2-3 / 3-5 24:48 / 35:12 -10:24 7.0 / 2.9 11.4 / 5.0 8.9 / 3.9 1-41.0 / 6-31.8 10-103 / 2-15 0 / 0 Wisconsin 4-11 / 6-12 0-0 / 2-3 24:41 / 35:19 -10:38 1.8 / 4.3 5.1 / 10.0 3.2 / 6.7 7-43.4 / 2-45.0 5-36 / 4-38 1 / 2 DRAKE 3-9 / 6-21 0-1 / 1-3 25:43 / 34:17 -8:34 5.4 / 1.7 9.3 / 4.7 6.8 / 3.5 4-32.8 / 8-35.4 9-71 / 7-45 7 / 1 Northwestern 4-17 / 3-14 2-5 / 1-2 32:57 / 27:03 5 :5 4 2.3 / 4.0 5.8 / 4.7 4.4 / 4.3 5-29.2 / 7-44.1 6-40 / 5-35 1 / 4 Totals 17-49 / 21-65 4-9 / 7-13 108:09 / 131:51 -23:42 4.3 / 3.3 7.6 / 5.9 5.8 / 4.5 17-36.6 / 23-38.0 30-250 / 18-133 9 / 7

Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category

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Western Illinois Football Western Illinois Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Sep 21, 2014) SEASON - CAREERAll games

SEASON CAREER

Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g J.C. Baker 4 79 427 17 410 5.2 1 28 102.5 16 295 1630 71 1559 5.3 7 63 97.4 Kyle Hammonds 4 26 121 1 120 4.6 1 15 30.0 14 63 275 10 265 4.2 1 20 18.9 Devon Moore 4 12 50 0 50 4.2 2 10 12.5 4 12 50 0 50 4.2 2 10 12.5 Quadarias Mireles 4 1 33 0 33 33.0 0 33 8.2 4 1 33 0 33 33.0 0 33 8.2 Lance Lenoir 4 1 9 0 9 9.0 0 9 2.2 16 2 17 0 17 8.5 0 9 1.1 Devon Sanders 4 2 9 0 9 4.5 0 5 2.2 4 2 9 0 9 4.5 0 5 2.2 Devin O'Hara 2 4 18 12 6 1.5 0 11 3.0 2 4 18 12 6 1.5 0 11 3.0 Trenton Norvell 4 19 57 53 4 0.2 1 27 1.0 16 95 243 200 43 0.5 3 27 2.7 TEAM 4 1 0 12 -12 -12.0 0 0 -3.0 Total 4 145 724 95 629 4.3 5 33 157.2 Opponents 4 151 590 94 496 3.3 5 25 124.0

Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Trenton Norvell 4 138.75 77-120-4 64.2 925 6 71 231.2 16 111.52 272-504-20 54.0 3065 22 71 191.6 TEAM 4 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Total 4 137.60 77-121-4 63.6 925 6 71 231.2 Opponents 4 118.52 86-142-2 60.6 831 5 37 207.8

Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g Lance Lenoir 4 23 250 10.9 0 33 62.5 16 62 739 11.9 7 42 46.2 Hi-C Scott 4 19 204 10.7 2 38 51.0 16 51 662 13.0 5 38 41.4 Quadarias Mireles 4 7 140 20.0 1 71 35.0 4 7 140 20.0 1 71 35.0 Joey Borsellino 4 7 94 13.4 1 33 23.5 16 48 559 11.6 4 37 34.9 J.C. Baker 4 7 78 11.1 1 40 19.5 16 39 261 6.7 1 40 16.3 Taylor Hill 3 4 21 5.2 0 9 7.0 24 12 91 7.6 0 18 3.8 J'Vaughn Williams 4 3 45 15.0 0 19 11.2 7 3 45 15.0 0 19 6.4 Adam Hoogerwerf 3 3 40 13.3 0 27 13.3 3 3 40 13.3 0 27 13.3 Larry Harris 4 2 22 11.0 1 13 5.5 26 3 27 9.0 1 13 1.0 Kyle Hammonds 4 1 27 27.0 0 27 6.8 14 10 122 12.2 0 65 8.7 Jaelon Acklin 1 1 4 4.0 0 4 4.0 1 1 4 4.0 0 4 4.0 Total 4 77 925 12.0 6 71 231.2 Opponents 4 86 831 9.7 5 37 207.8

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g g plays rush pass total avg/g Trenton Norvell 4 139 4 925 929 232.2 16 599 43 3065 3108 194.2 J.C. Baker 4 79 410 0 410 102.5 16 295 1559 0 1559 97.4 Kyle Hammonds 4 26 120 0 120 30.0 14 63 265 0 265 18.9 Devon Moore 4 12 50 0 50 12.5 4 12 50 0 50 12.5 Quadarias Mireles 4 1 33 0 33 8.2 4 1 33 0 33 8.2 Devon Sanders 4 2 9 0 9 2.2 4 2 9 0 9 2.2 Lance Lenoir 4 1 9 0 9 2.2 16 2 17 0 17 1.1 Devin O'Hara 2 4 6 0 6 3.0 2 4 6 0 6 3.0 TEAM 4 2 -12 0 -12 -3.0 Total 4 266 629 925 1554 388.5 Opponents 4 293 496 831 1327 331.8

PAT PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Nathan Knuffman - 3-4 12-12 - - - - - 21 - 6-12 42-46 - - - - - 60 J.C. Baker 2 ------12 8 ------48 Devon Moore 2 ------12 2 ------12 Hi-C Scott 2 ------12 5 ------30 Kyle Hammonds 1 ------6 1 ------6 Quadarias Mireles 1 ------6 1 ------6 Brad Blumenshine 1 ------6 1 ------6 Joey Borsellino 1 ------6 4 ------24 Trenton Norvell 1 ------6 3 ------18 Larry Harris 1 ------6 1 ------6 Total 12 3-4 12-12 - - - - - 93 Opponents 10 3-5 9-10 - - - - 1 80

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Western Illinois Football Western Illinois Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Sep 21, 2014) SEASON - CAREERAll games

SEASON CAREER

Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg Hi-C Scott 9 86 9.6 0 27 9 86 9.6 0 27 David McDaniel 1 9 9.0 0 0 2 25 12.5 0 0 Brad Blumenshine 0 30 0.0 1 30 0 30 0.0 1 30 Total 10 125 12.5 1 30 Opponents 4 28 7.0 0 7

Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg Lance Lenoir 6 87 14.5 0 21 8 159 19.9 0 56 Kyle Hammonds 5 68 13.6 0 26 15 292 19.5 0 44 Hi-C Scott 2 56 28.0 0 28 2 56 28.0 0 28 Adam Hoogerwerf 1 23 23.0 0 23 1 23 23.0 0 23 Total 14 234 16.7 0 28 Opponents 15 247 16.5 0 20

Interceptions no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg Dallas Nichols 1 0 0.0 0 0 2 97 48.5 1 97 David McDaniel 1 7 7.0 0 7 7 46 6.6 0 21 Total 2 7 3.5 0 7 Opponents 4 46 11.5 0 27

Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg Total 0 0 0.0 0 0 Opponents 0 -6 0.0 0 0

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g J.C. Baker 4 410 78 0 0 0 488 122.0 16 1559 261 0 0 0 1820 113.8 Lance Lenoir 4 9 250 0 87 0 346 86.5 16 17 739 0 159 0 915 57.2 Hi-C Scott 4 0 204 86 56 0 346 86.5 16 0 662 86 56 0 804 50.2 Kyle Hammonds 4 120 27 0 68 0 215 53.8 14 265 122 0 292 0 679 48.5 Quadarias Mirele 4 33 140 0 0 0 173 43.2 4 33 140 0 0 0 173 43.2 Joey Borsellino 4 0 94 0 0 0 94 23.5 16 0 559 0 0 0 559 34.9 Adam Hoogerwer 3 0 40 0 23 0 63 21.0 3 0 40 0 23 0 63 21.0 Devon Moore 4 50 0 0 0 0 50 12.5 4 50 0 0 0 0 50 12.5 J'Vaughn William 4 0 45 0 0 0 45 11.2 7 34 45 0 0 0 79 11.3 Brad Blumenshin 4 0 0 30 0 0 30 7.5 4 0 0 30 0 0 30 7.5 Larry Harris 4 0 22 0 0 0 22 5.5 26 0 27 0 0 0 27 1.0 Taylor Hill 3 0 21 0 0 0 21 7.0 24 0 91 0 0 0 91 3.8 David McDaniel 4 0 0 9 0 7 16 4.0 38 0 0 25 0 46 71 1.9 Devon Sanders 4 9 0 0 0 0 9 2.2 4 9 0 0 0 0 9 2.2 Devin O'Hara 2 6 0 0 0 0 6 3.0 2 6 0 0 0 0 6 3.0 Jaelon Acklin 1 0 4 0 0 0 4 4.0 1 0 4 0 0 0 4 4.0 Trenton Norvell 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 1.0 16 43 0 0 0 0 43 2.7 TEAM 4 -12 0 0 0 0 -12 -3.0 Total 4 629 925 125 234 7 1920 480.0 Opponents 4 496 831 28 247 46 1648 412.0

Field Goals att good long blkd att good long blkd Nathan Knuffman 4 3 29 1 12 6 37 4 Total 4 3 29 1 Opponents 5 3 43 0

Punting no. yds avg lg blk no. yds avg lg blk Nathan Knuffman 16 622 38.9 58 0 90 3227 35.9 65 1 TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 1 Total 17 622 36.6 58 1 Opponents 23 873 38.0 56 1

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Western Illinois Football Western Illinois Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Sep 21, 2014) SEASON - CAREERAll games

SEASON CAREER

Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob no. yds avg tb ob Luke Otto 12 745 62.1 1 0 12 745 62.1 1 0 Nathan Knuffman 7 422 60.3 3 0 57 3416 59.9 11 0 Total 19 1167 61.4 4 0 Opponents 16 925 57.8 2 0

## Defensive Leaders gp ua a total tfl sack int pbu fr ff blk gp ua a total tfl sack int pbu fr ff blk 46 Luke Venegoni 4 1 5 1 8 3 3 3.0 0 . 5 . 3 . . . 37 5 7 7 4 1 3 1 12.0 4 . 5 2 9 1 1 . 43 J.J. Raffelson 4 1 2 1 7 2 9 1.5 ...... 21 8 4 1 0 9 1 9 3 6.0 . . 3 . . . 4 Jonathon Rollins 3 1 7 8 2 5 1.5 ...... 37 9 5 9 7 1 9 2 8.0 0 . 5 2 3 1 2 1 22 David McDaniel 4 1 2 1 2 2 4 0.5 . 1 1 . . 1 38 9 4 7 1 1 6 5 3.0 . 7 5 2 1 2 5 Martinez Davis 4 1 4 8 2 2 1.0 . . 4 . . . 33 8 7 3 5 1 2 2 9.0 1 . 0 8 1 8 1 . . 17 Kevin Kintzel 3 1 3 7 2 0 1.5 . . 2 1 . . 35 8 0 6 5 1 4 5 17.5 4 . 5 4 1 0 4 3 . 50 Gino Durley, Jr. 4 4 1 2 1 6 2.5 1 . 0 . . . . . 37 4 9 7 7 1 2 6 13.5 5 . 0 . 4 2 1 . 99 Eddy Holtschlag 4 6 7 1 3 3.5 2 . 5 . 1 . . . 24 2 1 2 0 4 1 11.0 6 . 5 . 1 . 1 . 42 Myles Spearman 4 8 5 1 3 0.0 . . 2 . . . 4 8 5 1 3 0.0 . . 2 . . . 92 Kris Harley 4 9 4 1 3 3.0 0 . 5 . . . . . 4 9 4 1 3 3.0 0 . 5 . . . . . 98 Gavin Ricketts 4 3 9 1 2 3.5 1 . 0 . . . . . 27 1 0 2 7 3 7 8.5 3 . 5 . . . 1 . 44 Brett Taylor 4 2 9 1 1 0.0 . . . . 1 . 4 2 9 1 1 0.0 . . . . 1 . 25 Dallas Nichols 2 4 6 1 0 0.5 . 1 1 . . . 14 3 6 3 0 6 6 2.5 1 . 0 2 2 2 1 . 3 Richard Chungong 4 6 4 1 0 0.0 . . 1 . . . 16 8 9 1 7 0.0 . . 3 . . . 38 David Griffith 4 4 5 9 0.0 ...... 4 4 5 9 0.0 ...... 71 Chip Holtschlag 4 . 8 8 0.5 0 . 5 . . . . . 27 2 6 3 5 6 1 8.0 2 . 5 . 1 . . . 23 Josh Smith 4 3 4 7 0.0 ...... 4 3 4 7 0.0 ...... 8 Luis Sharpe 4 4 2 6 0.0 ...... 4 4 2 6 0.0 ...... 13 Jeremy Curry 4 5 1 6 1.5 ...... 27 1 3 1 8 3 1 3.5 0 . 5 . . 2 . . 29 Aaron Diggs 3 3 3 6 0.0 . . 3 . . . 3 3 3 6 0.0 . . 3 . . . 12 Demetrius Allen 3 . 5 5 0.5 ...... 3 . 5 5 0.5 ...... 95 Mick Nelson 4 2 2 4 2.5 1 . 0 . . 1 . . 4 2 2 4 2.5 1 . 0 . . 1 . . 35 Adam Brott 2 1 3 4 1.0 1 . 0 . . . . . 2 1 3 4 1.0 1 . 0 . . . . . 90 Jean-Marc Charles 4 3 1 4 1.0 1 . 0 . 1 1 1 . 19 8 1 4 2 2 2.5 1 . 5 1 3 2 1 . 10 Marquette Privott 4 1 1 2 0.0 ...... 12 5 1 6 0.0 ...... 9 Quadarias Mireles 4 2 . 2 0.0 ...... 4 2 . 2 0.0 ...... 21 Devon Sanders 4 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 4 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 20 Dwayne Phillips 4 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 4 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 27 Brad Blumenshine 4 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 4 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 73 Matt Zobrist 4 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 4 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 24 Eriq Baird 4 . . . 0.0 . . 1 . . . 4 . . . 0.0 . . 1 . . . TM TEAM 4 . . . 0.0 . . . . . 1 Total 4 1 5 6 1 6 2 3 1 8 29 9 2 2 0 3 2 2 Opponents 4 1 4 6 1 5 2 2 9 8 14 7 4 1 5 5 4 2

34 WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL NOTES SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 2014 ROSTER NO. NAME POS HT WT YEAR HOMETOWN NO. NAME POS HT WT YEAR HOMETOWN 1 Joey Borsellino WR 5-11 195 So-1L Oak Brook, Ill. 61 Eddie Atkinson OL 6-4 270 So-L Crystal Lake, Ill. 2 J.C. Baker RB 5-8 180 Sr-1L Yuma, Ariz. 62 Brody Carls OL 6-5 255 Fr-HS Pana, Ill. 3 Richard Chungong DB 6-0 185 Sr-1L Lee’s Summit, Mo. 63 Ryan Ricketts OL 6-3 290 Jr-1L Galesburg, Ill. 4 Jonathon Rollins DB 5-11 200 Sr-3L Miramar, Fla. 64 Thomas Kirsch OL 6-6 305 Fr-HS Hartland, Wis. 5 Martinez Davis DB 5-10 190 Sr-3L Madisonville, Ky. 65 Robert Young, Jr. OL 6-4 350 Fr-HS St. Louis, Mo. 6 Rhys Gervais QB 6-3 200 Fr-RS Puyllap, Wash. 66 Jacob Judd OL 6-3 290 Fr-RS Clinton, Iowa 7 Lance Lenoir, Jr. WR 6-0 190 So-1L Crete, Ill. 67 Brandon De La Cruz OL 6-3 290 Jr-2L West Palm Beach, Fla. 8 Luis Sharpe DB 6-2 195 Jr-TR Phoenix, Ariz. 68 Sean Sullivan OL 6-2 300 Jr-2L Park Ridge, Ill. 9 Quadarias Mireles WR 5-11 190 Jr-TR Delray Beach, Fla. 69 Khalen Saunders DL 6-2 295 Fr-HS St. Louis, Mo.

10 Marquette Privott DB 6-2 195 Sr-1L Chicago, Ill. 70 Tyler Bode OL 6-7 325 Jr-TR Fountain Hills, Ariz. 11 Kyle Hammonds RB 5-7 165 Jr-1L Solon, Ohio 71 Chip Holtschlag DL 6-2 225 Sr-3L Quincy, Ill. 12 Demetrius Allen LB 6-0 225 Jr-RS Miami, Fla. 72 Jordan Detweiler OL 6-5 295 Fr-RS Williamsburg, Iowa 13 Jeremy Curry DE 6-3 245 Sr-2L Bolingbrook, Ill. 73 Matt Zobrist OL 6-3 290 So-1L Troy, Ill. 14 Trenton Norvell QB 6-5 220 So-1L Daytona Beach, Fla. 74 Brenden Jostes OL 6-4 285 Fr-HS Farmington, Ill. 15 J’Vaughn Williams WR 6-5 200 So-1L Collinsville, Ill. 75 Joe Pyszka OL 6-5 275 Fr-RS Peru, Ill. 16 Devin O’Hara QB 6-5 190 Fr-RS Mt. Prospect, Ill. 77 James Torgerson OL 6-5 290 Fr-RS Springfield, Ill. 17 Kevin Kintzel LB 6-2 230 Sr-3L New Lenox, Ill. 79 Nick Ziegenbein OL 6-9 340 Jr-TR Phoenix, Ariz. 18 Sean McGuire QB 6-3 225 Fr-HS Franklin, Wis. 19 Hi-C Scott WR 5-9 190 Sr-1L Phoenix, Ariz. 80 Nick Schroeder WR 6-1 200 Fr-RS Manitowoc, Wis. 81 Ben Arnold TE 6-5 230 Fr-RS St. Louis, Mo. 20 Dwayne Phillips DB 5-7 170 Jr-1L Davenport, Iowa 82 Jaelon Acklin WR 6-2 185 Fr-HS Mountain View, Mo. 21 Devon Sanders RB 5-9 185 Fr-RS Chicago, Ill. 83 Cole Griffin TE 6-4 255 Jr-TR Yorba Linda, Calif. 22 David McDaniel DB 5-11 190 Sr-3L O’Fallon, Ill. 84 Pete Swenson TE 6-3 225 Fr-HS Mason City, Iowa 23 Josh Smith DB 5-10 195 Fr-RS Chicago, Ill. 85 Isaiah Lesure WR 6-3 175 Fr-HS Mount Horeb, Wis. 24 Eriq Baird DB 6-0 195 Fr-RS Peoria, Ill. 86 Adam Hoogerwerf WR 5-11 175 Fr-RS Rock Island, Ill. 25 Dallas Nichols DB 6-2 205 Sr-1L San Diego, Calif. 87 Jason Townsend WR 6-1 185 Fr-RS Germantown, Wis. 26 Charlie Whitaker DB 5-9 185 Jr-1L Macomb, Ill. 88 Josh Baldus TE 6-5 275 Fr-RS Palatine, Ill. 27 Brad Blumenshine LB 6-2 215 Jr-TR Bloomington, Ill. 89 Taylor Hill TE 6-5 240 Jr-2L Rochester, Ill. 28 Devon Moore RB 6-2 220 So-SQ Jefferson City, Mo. 29 Aaron Diggs DB 6-1 195 Fr-HS Goodyear, Ariz. 90 Jean-Marc Charles DL 6-4 265 Jr-2L Davie, Fla. 91 James Kalfas DE 6-3 240 Fr-HS Wheaton, Ill. 30 DeVante’ Clark DB 6-1 195 Fr-HS Jacksonville, Ill. 92 Kris Harley DL 6-1 290 Jr-TR Indianapolis, Ind. 31 Luke Otto K/P 5-11 225 Fr-HS Normal, Ill. 93 Jordan Veloz DL 6-3 280 Fr-RS Oak Creek, Wisc. 32 Brock Broughton RB 5-11 190 Fr-HS Kearney, Mo. 94 Grant Kasal DL 6-5 230 Fr-HS Westmont, Ill. 33 Nathan Knuffman K/P 6-1 205 So-1L Coatsburg, Ill. 95 Mick Nelson DL 6-3 275 Fr-RS Vadnais Heights, Minn. 34 DeAndre Daniels LB 6-1 205 Sr-1L Oakland, Calif. 96 John LaChapelle DL 6-1 290 Jr-TR Apache Junction, Ariz. 34 Arturo Romero WR 5-10 170 Fr-HS Manchester, Mo. 97 Hollis Henry DL 6-3 230 Fr-RS Wheaton, Ill. 35 Adam Brott LB 6-2 225 Fr-RS St. Clair, Mo. 98 Gavin Ricketts DL 6-1 290 Jr-2L Davie, Fla. 36 Cleveland Clark WR 5-8 160 Fr-RS Chicago, Ill. 99 Eddy Holtschlag DL 6-4 255 Jr-2L Quincy, Ill. 37 Drew Patterson RB 6-0 210 Fr-HS Sussex, Wis. 38 David Griffith DB 5-11 200 Fr-HS Avon, Ind. Scott Simpson TE 6-4 235 So-1L Naperville, Ill. 39 Larry Harris TE 6-1 230 Jr-2L Rock Island, Ill. Roderick Beasley DB 5-11 180 Fr-HS Columbia, Mo. Anthony Blalark WR 5-9 170 Fr-HS Chicago, Ill. 40 Frankie Santoro TE 6-0 240 Jr-SQ Oswego, Ill. Travis Blecher OL 6-2 295 Sr-TR Rock Island, Ill. 42 Myles Spearman DB 5-11 185 Fr-RS Surprise, Ariz. Luke Brown LB 6-2 215 Fr-HS Jerseyville, Ill. 43 J.J. Raffelson LB 6-3 235 Jr-2L Lake Zurich, Ill. 44 Brett Taylor LB 6-2 230 Fr-RS Macomb, Ill. 45 Tyler Slamans TE 6-3 230 Fr-HS Sugar Grove, Ill. 46 Luke Venegoni LB 6-3 235 Sr-3L Gurnee, Ill. 47 Michael Bishoff LB 6-2 195 Fr-HS Elk Grove Village, Ill. 48 Timothy Smith DB 6-1 190 Fr-HS Chicago, Ill. 49 Ryan Mulhern K/P 5-10 165 Fr-RS Naperville, Ill.

50 Gino Durley, Jr. DL 6-2 260 Sr-3L Detroit, Mich. 51 Colin Olson DL 6-4 245 Fr-RS Mt. Prospect, Ill. 52 Jordan Robinson DE 6-2 245 Fr-HS Jefferson City, Mo. PRONUNCIATIONS 53 Macae Skaggs DL 6-3 245 Fr-HS Farmington, Ill. Joey BORSELLINO...... Bore-sah-lee-no 54 Cale McMakin LB 6-1 205 Fr-HS Overland Park, Kan. RHYS GERVAIS...... Reese Jer-ves 56 Darren Southwell LB 6-3 220 Fr-HS Taylor Ridge, Ill. Chip and Eddy HOLTSCHLAG...... HOLT-shlog 57 Gabe Burkhardt LS 6-4 230 Fr-HS Plainfield, Ind. Sam KACHANUK...... rhymes with Mechanic 58 Mitchell Wallin OL 6-5 325 Fr-RS Normal, Ill. Nathan ...... Ka-NUF-man 59 Sam Kachanuk OL 6-3 315 Sr-3L Havana, Ill. KNUFFMAN QUADARIAS MIRELES...... Qua-dare-e-us Mir-el-es Trenton NORVELL...... Nor-VELLE Marquette PRIVOTT...... PRIV-et Joe PYSZKA...... Pish-ka Luke VENEGONI...... Ven-e-go-knee

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